Fact check: No evidence for Trump's claims of 'rigged' or 'phony' job numbers
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Hours after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released employment data showing slow job growth for July and prior months, President Donald Trump fired the BLS...
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Trump orders firing of Biden-appointed BLS chief after negative jobs data
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Trump calls fired BLS commissioner's job numbers the 'biggest miscalculations in over 50 years'
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Fact check: No evidence for Trump's claims of 'rigged' or 'phony' job numbers
President Trump ordered the dismissal Friday of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), hours after the economic data collection agency released a report showing unemployment ticked up last month.
The US president said the latest jobs report was "rigged" to "make him look bad," accusing BLS chief McEntarfer of manipulating the data. Trump did not provide evidence of such manipulation.
Plus: Markets plunge amid jobs, tariff uncertainty … Ghislaine Maxwell transferred … Public broadcasting takes hit {beacon} PRESIDENT TRUMP ordered the firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner Friday following a dismal jobs report. The Labor Department reported the U.S.
A group of statisticians, including former commissioners of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, condemned President Trump's decision to fire the current head of the organization over gloomy jobs report data.
President Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, saying a negative job report shows she is politically biased against him. Economists expressed concern about the future of data independent of political pressure.
What could President Trump's firing of a Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner portend for the integrity of federal data? NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Hayley Williams of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
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 his Truth Social platform asserted that fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer “had the biggest miscalcul…
Hours after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released employment data showing slow job growth for July and prior months, President Donald Trump fired the BLS...
