Takeaways from the January jobs report.
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Isaac Saul
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🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Last Wednesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that nonfarm payroll employment increased by 130,000 in January, its strongest monthly growth in over a year, while the unemployment rate fell from 4.4% to 4.3%. The healthcare sector accounted for most of the growth with 82,000 new jobs, but declining employment in state and federal governments, finance, and the information sector offset some of those gains. The release was delayed five days due to the partial government shutdown, which ended on February 3.
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| 0:00.0 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
| 0:08.4 | This is Tangle podcast, a place where you get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of our take. |
| 0:28.3 | I'm your host again for today, Tango's managing editor, Ari Weitzman, and we're talking about the latest jobs report out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as well as the revisions that they had |
| 0:38.4 | to pass jobs reports over the course of 2025. Before we get started on all of that, just wanted |
| 0:44.4 | to let you know that if you're sick of hearing from me, as I've been a little bit busier with |
| 0:48.8 | Will and Isaac traveling, don't worry, you're going to hear from Isaac again tomorrow. He's been writing a piece |
| 0:55.4 | for our Friday edition about artificial intelligence, specifically the mania that artificial |
| 1:02.4 | intelligence seems to be hitting in the last couple weeks and why he's still skeptical |
| 1:07.6 | about the displacement AI might bring. We're mostly aligned on that. I've started |
| 1:12.5 | editing the piece. It's pretty good. I think you guys are going to like it. He's sharing some |
| 1:17.4 | interesting experiments he's done about how well chat GPT and other LLMs can mimic his own |
| 1:23.3 | writing. And it's going to be interesting. So make sure you tune in for that one. Without further ado, |
| 1:28.1 | though, I'm going to pass it off to Audrey to give us the intro and the summaries from the left |
| 1:32.8 | and right on today's topic. Then I'll be right back for my take. |
| 1:42.7 | This is Associate Editor Audrey Moorhead. And before we get into today's topic, let's start with some |
| 1:48.1 | quick hits. Number one, the United States military has continued to build up forces near Iran. Trump and |
| 1:54.3 | national security officials reportedly met in the White House Situation Room on Wednesday to discuss |
| 1:59.0 | the recent developments. Reports indicate a strike could come as soon as this weekend, though Trump has yet to make a |
| 2:05.0 | final decision. |
| 2:06.2 | Number two. Police in the UK arrested Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, |
| 2:12.1 | in relation to his mentions in the Jeffrey Epstein files. |
| 2:15.1 | Mountbatten Windsor is being investigated for allegedly sharing |
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