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Trump defends firing labor statistics chief after weak jobs report

President Trump on Sunday defended his decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) following a weak jobs report, a move that has sparked broad pushback. Trump in a post on ...

Stephanopoulos Compares Trump to Venezuela in Searing Attack

Trump’s contemptuous relationship with Stephanopoulos runs deep. Trump has frequently derided the ABC anchor as “Liddle’ George” and “George Slopadopolus” over Stephanopoulos’ scathing commentary and ...
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Trump defends firing Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner

President Trump on Sunday defended the firing of Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, an appointee of former President Joe Biden. "Head of the Bureau of of Labor Statistics ...

Trump Suggests Ex-BLS Chief Manipulated Past Report

After administration officials spent the morning on the Sunday talk show circuit defending President Trump's firing of the Labor Department's statistics chief, Trump took to his social media account ...

Trump officials scramble to justify firing of economic statistician – as critics say ‘scary’ move is a sign of ‘authoritiarianism’

Trump’s allies defend firing of ‘propaganda’ author, but won’t echo president’s claims numbers were cooked by Biden appointee ...

Donald Trump "in denial" about job figures, economy—Nate Silver

Nate Silver is the founder of 538 and was one of the most prominent polling experts during last year's presidential election.

Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils.

It is too soon to know whether the United States is on a similar path. But economists and other experts said that Mr. Trump’s ...

Padilla says investigation into Trump ‘certainly in order’ after BLS director fired

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) on Sunday called for a bipartisan investigation into President Donald Trump‘s firing of the top Bureau of Labor Statistics official. “I think an investigation is certainly ...

Economists defend labor data chief fired by Trump

Economists are defending Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer, who was fired by President Donald Trump on ...

Hassett says Trump ‘wants his own people’ at the Bureau of Labor Statistics after firing commissioner

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Sunday defended Donald Trump’s decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, claiming the president “wants his own ...

Former Treasury Chief Summers Calls Trump's BLS Claim 'Preposterous'

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said President Trump accusing Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer of “faking” the July jobs report for political purposes was “preposterous ...

Former Trump statistics chief slams Friday firing of Erika McEntarfer

Bill Beach said the president's suggestions that the jobs report was rigged betrayed a misunderstanding in how those numbers ...