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Liz Cheney won her House seat big in 2020. But splitting with Trump over election legitimacy and chairing the Jan. 6 hearings has her trailing a pro-Trump challenger by 20 points in a recent poll.

The Labor Department reports that the nation's unemployment rate rose 6.5 percent last month. The number of jobs lost were a lot higher than expected. The report indicates that the downturn in the economy this year has been even deeper and more dramatic than most economists had expected. The jobless rate is at a 14-year high.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld laws in roughly half the states that ban transgender medical care for minors. The vote was 6-to-3, along ideological lines.

On Friday, we reported on the latest jobs numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which showed weaker than expected growth. On Friday afternoon, President Trump fired the person in charge of those numbers. The monthly jobs report is a critical tool for the economy, used by businesses to make decisions and the Federal Reserve to set rates. So how exactly are those figures collected? Today, we're re-airing our behind-the-scenes look at how the BLS puts together the jobs report ... one call at a time. This show originally aired June 6, 2022. Related: Can we trust the monthly jobs report? Would you trust an economist with your economy? For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez and Corey Bridges. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.

Japanese Breakfast (Michelle Zauner) is back with her first new album since her memoir, Crying in H Mart, blew up. We've got the first single from it, plus a Sufjan Stevens-produced Denison Witmer track and more. Enjoy the show? Tell a friend and leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: allsongs@npr.org Hear the songs in our Apple and Spotify playlists. Featured artists and songs: 1. Deep Sea Diver: "Shovel," from Billboard Heart 2. SPELLLING: "Portrait of My Heart," from Portrait of My Heart 3. Japanese Breakfast: "Orlando in Love," from For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) 4. Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek, "Hop Bico" from Yarın Yoksa 5. Denison Witmer: "A House With," from Anything At All 6. DARKSIDE: "S.N.C," from Nothing

Two rulings — in federal and state courts — make it increasingly likely that Kroger might abandon its $24.6 billion plan to buy Albertsons. The merger aimed to combine two of America's largest supermarket chains.

We update our list of the year's best songs with a Tamino-Mitski collaboration, Son Lux's first new music since scoring Everything Everywhere All At Once, new Circuit des Yeux and more. Featured artists and songs: 1. Shura: "Recognise," from I Got Too Sad For My Friends 2. Tamino, Mitski: "Sanctuary," from Every Dawn's a Mountain 3. Julien Baker & Torres: "Sugar in the Tank" (single) 4. Flora From Kansas: "The Ghost is Me," from Homesick 5. Circuit des Yeux: "Megaloner," from Halo On The Inside 6. Son Lux: "Cocoon," from Risk of Make Believe Enjoy the show? Share it with a friend and leave us a review on Apple or wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: allsongs@npr.org Hear the songs in the All Songs Considered playlists in Apple Music and Spotify.

We update our running list of the year's best songs with the cinematic pop of Oklou, Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir, the experimental hip-hop group clipping. and more. Featured artists and songs: 1. Oklou: "family and friends," from 'choke enough' 2. Anna Thorvaldsdottir: "Part V" and "Part VIII," from 'UBIQUE' 3. clipping.: "Keep Pushing," from 'Dead Channel Sky' 4. Sandbox Percussion: "Don't Look Down," from 'Cerrone: Don't Look Down' 5. Lucrecia Dalt: "cosa rara (feat. David Sylvian)" (single) 6. Anouar Brahem: "The Eternal Olive Tree," from 'After the Last Sky' Enjoy the show? Share it with a friend and leave us a review on Apple or wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: allsongs@npr.org Hear the songs in the All Songs Considered playlists in Apple Music and Spotify.

A new report from a left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds that upcoming changes to Social Security will amount to a "45-mile trip for some 6 million seniors."

Steve Angelli threw a 6-yard scoring strike to Justus Ross-Simmons at the right pylon on Syracuse’s first possession of overtime to give the Orange a 27-20 win over UConn on Saturday.