The Week in Short US

$ 3.8 BILLION

The U.S. Department of Justice says it’s suing to block JetBlue Airways’ proposed $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit Airlines.

242,000 JOBS

U.S. private employment increased by 242,000 jobs last month, payroll processor ADP says.

350 Demands

The Federal Trade Commission has made more than 350 specific demands for Twitter owner Elon Musk to hand over internal communications and information about layoffs, as part of an investigation into the social media company, according to a House report.

31%

The Los Angeles Police Department has reported 40 murders this year through the end of February, a 31 percent decrease from the year-earlier period.

1 MILLION A technology arm of the federal government had lax security on about 1 million online accounts because it rejected using facial recognition technology over “equity” concerns, according to an inspector general’s report.