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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.

White House economist backs Trump firing Labor stats head, hits 'partisan pattern' in jobs data: 'Propaganda'

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett supports President Trump firing Bureau of Labor Statistics head, citing ...
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Trump fired a commissioner over bad jobs numbers. Nixon targeted a ‘Jewish cabal’ at the same agency

Fifty years-plus after Nixon demanded a tally of Jewish staffers at the BLS, Trump fired Erika McEntarfer over numbers he ...

White House searches for new BLS Chief with ‘credibility,’ ‘experience’

President Trump has said he will choose a new Commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics within the next three to four ...
Opinion

Trump's firing of his labor statistics chief is an ill-fated political maneuver

Trump’s attempt to bury unflattering information serves as a diversion from what could be a looming economic storm. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, says that he believes the “economy ...

Real Strains Inside the BLS Made It Vulnerable to Trump’s Accusations

President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday ignited a crisis at the U.S.’s top ...

Trump fires BLS head over releasing info he doesn’t like: Niall Stanage | RISING

Niall Stanage delivers monologue on President Trump's firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Erika McEntarfer after a ...