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Trump, Bureau of Labor Statistics

How Trump decided to fire a little-known statistician, sparking conspiracy theories about government data

President Donald Trump was fuming about the July jobs report signaling a significant slowdown in the economy when he recalled one of his simmering resentments: the statistician overseeing the tabulation of the monthly figures was appointed by former President Joe Biden.

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

How is Bureau of Labor Statistics data collected, and why is Trump targeting it?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has been thrust into the spotlight after President Trump criticized its federal jobs report and fired commissioner Erika McEntarfer.

CBS News · 1d

Trump doubles down on decision to fire labor statistics chief

President Trump is still claiming without evidence that a lackluster jobs report was "rigged," leading him to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. CBS News' Olivia Rinaldi and Kelly O'Grady report.

Trump, jobs

The Hill on MSN · 25m

Trump ‘has convinced himself’ jobs data manipulated for election: Haberman

New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman said Tuesday that President Trump “has convinced himself” that jobs data was manipulated for the 2024 presidential election. In an interview with CNN’s

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Trump redoubles attack on federal jobs data, calls numbers political

Trump defended his decision to fire Erika McEntarfer, the official overseeing jobs statistics, telling CNBC that data showing a hiring slowdown was political.

MarketWatch on MSN · 1d

Here’s why Trump’s excuses for firing the jobs-data chief don’t make sense

Let’s not pretend that President Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner on Friday because of supposed “inaccuracies” like these.

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Why jobs revisions that led Trump to fire statistics head were so huge

The jobs report revisions that prompted Trump to fire the BLS commissioner were historically large. Here's why (Hint: it wasn ...

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Trump contorts timeline of jobs report revisions in effort to justify firing BLS chief

Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner has raised fears that government employment data, used to make major economic policy decisions, will become politicized.

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Trump doubles down on his decision to fire BLS chief after disappointing jobs report

President Donald Trump continues to claim without evidence that the jobs report was "totally rigged." ...

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N.J. Prosecutor Who Replaced Alina Habba Fights ‘Unjustified’ Trump Administration Firing, Report Says

The Trump administration fired Desiree Grace from the DOJ hours after judges decided she should replace Alina Habba, Trump’s ...

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Trump Claims He 'Most Likely' Will Not Fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell

President Donald Trump claimed Friday he “most likely” will not fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, despite ...

Stanford student paper, noncitizen students sue Trump officials over speech-related visa policies

Stanford University’s independent student newspaper and two noncitizen students filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against ...

Bloomberg on MSN6h

Trump Still Under Fire for Handling of Epstein Case

House Republicans subpoenaed the Justice Department and a slew of former US officials, including former President Bill Clinton, for information on Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking operation.

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Trump Cites ‘Progress’ After Putin-Witkoff Meeting, but No Ukraine Peace Deal

The U.S. president said talks will continue, likely past the Friday deadline that he set for a cease-fire agreement with Ukraine.

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