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Fact Check Team: Politicization or poor performance? Trump fires BLS commissioner
President Donald Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), citing her mishandling of ...
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 ...
Get the Facts: How Bureau of Labor Statistics reports influence U.S. economy
The Bureau of Labor Statistics plays a crucial role in shaping U.S. economic policy through its reports, which can influence ...
Trump’s labor statistics shake-up sparks anxiety over future economic data
President Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner is raising concerns about whether her ...
Trump’s Firing of BLS Chief Prompts Democrats to Propose Bill Protecting Stats-Agency Heads
The bill’s path forward is doubtful given that it would need to earn at least some Republican support in the Republican-controlled House and Senate.
‘Not possible’ for commissioner to have ‘influence’ over labor data: Fmr. BLS Chief William Beach
Former Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner William Beach joins Meet the Press NOW to react to President Trump’s decision ...
US Job Growth Slowed In July
The U. S. economy added 73,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in July, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor ...
Labor Department Skirts Senators’ Questions on Inflation Data
A group of Democratic senators pressed the Labor Department in June over concerns about missing data in the survey behind ...