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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, BLS and Jobs

Insider on MSN · 1d

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."

POLITICO on MSN · 1d

After BLS firing, Trump leaves clean-up job to successor

The statistical agency's problems predate Trump, but experts say it can't be easily fixed without more resources

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

In Rejecting the Jobs Report, Trump Follows His Own Playbook of Discrediting Unfavorable Data

And on Friday, when the July jobs report revisions showed a distressed economy, Trump had an answer: He fired the official in charge of the data and called the report of a sharp slowdown in hiring “phony.

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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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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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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump says ceasefire could be agreed ‘in weeks’ despite 48-hour deadline

Donald Trump says his special envoy Steve Witkoff has made “great progress” in a meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin, as Washington continued its preparations to impose secondary sanctions ...

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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 ...

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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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Trump set to fill Fed board vacancy by week's end, has narrowed chair search to four

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will decide on a nominee to fill a coming vacancy on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors by the end of the week, and had separately narrowed the ...

Bloomberg on MSN4h

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 right to fire official in charge of jobs numbers, Cassidy and Louisiana Senate rivals say

President Trump's decision to fire the Labor Department official who oversees the jobs report has prompted howls of protest. That's now the view of Sen. Bill Cassidy and his three Republican rivals.

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