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Trump fires BLS commissioner after weak jobs report and baseless claim of 'faked' stats
President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after a new jobs report showed a ...
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Trump’s baseless ‘manipulated’ data claim in firing BLS chief Erika McEntarfer follows long history
William Beach, who was Trump’s first-term Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, called the firing "baseless" and "damaging" in a letter co-signed by Erica Groshen, who preceded Beach and was ...
Veterans Unemployment Rate Drops, But Trump Fires BLS Commissioner After Weak Overall Jobs Report
President Donald Trump ordered the firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Friday following a weak jobs report ...
Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report
Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers ...
‘Wanna-be king’: Democrats fume at Trump move to oust BLS head
Criticism is mounting after President Trump moved to oust the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Friday ...
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Republican senators raise concerns about Trump's firing of Labor Dept. official
Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday after the agency released a jobs report that showed a ...
Trump stands firm on firing BLS official: ‘We need people we can trust’ | Elizabeth Vargas Reports
President Trump doubled down when asked about his dismissal of a Bureau of Labor Statistics official whose department revised ...