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Former Trump advisor criticizes Trump’s timing on ousting America’s data czar: ‘Like firing the referee’

After a historic downward revision to jobs numbers, Trump fired the head of the BLS. But critics on both sides say the move won’t fix deeper problems with jobs data.

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Trump adviser defends labor official’s firing, deflects on how data was ‘rigged’

Kevin Hassett pointed to the scale of hiring data revisions when asked for evidence to support Trump’s claims that a jobs report was rigged to make him look bad.

Christian Science Monitor · 8h

Trump’s firing of BLS official casts shadow on federal data gathering

Donald Trump isn’t the first president to struggle over official data, with agencies like the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But trustworthy data is vital for financial markets, and the firing of BLS chief Erika McEntarfer has raised concerns.

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The Baltimore Sun · 7m

Economists push back on Trump’s assertion that July jobs data was ‘rigged’

Labor economist Aaron Sojourner said President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner shakes public trust in government data. He said BLS staff members have

Associated Press News on MSN · 56m

Trump says he doesn’t trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do

The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after President Donald Trump on Friday fired the official who oversees it.

U.S. News & World Report · 13h

In Rejecting the Jobs Report, Trump Follows His Own Playbook of Discrediting Unfavorable Data

When the coronavirus surged during President Donald Trump’s first term, he called for a simple fix: Limit the amount of testing so the deadly outbreak looked less severe. When he lost the 2020 election,

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Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner fired by Trump?

Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has been fired after releasing a jobs report that ...

Facing facts about Trump and the jobs numbers

In announcing the firing of the government’s chief labor statistician last week, President Trump condemned the works of Erika ...

Raw Story on MSN1h

This is what 'really got under Trump's skin' with jobs report: White House insiders

President Donald Trump is still reeling over last week’s ‘awful’ jobs report according to an anonymous White House official, ...

Irish Star on MSN30m

Donald Trump sparks outrage with 'racist' comment on undocumented farm workers

Many farmers have approached Trump after finding it hard to find temporary workers following the White House's strict ...

What to know about Erika McEntarfer, the BLS commissioner fired by Trump

President Trump's federal hiring freeze and decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer raise ...

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Trump doubles down on his decision to fire BLS chief after disappointing jobs report

Co-host Joe Kernen tried to convince Trump that firing Dr. Erika McEntarfer after a disappointing jobs report could ...

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Who is Erika McEntarfer fired by Donald Trump as head of Labor Statistics department? Why was she asked to step down?

Erika McEntarfer was a longtime US government employee who bore the brunt of President Trump’s unhappiness with Friday’s jobs ...

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Trump admin live updates: Trump says new Labor Statistics chief to be hired

President Donald Trump was headed late Sunday back to Washington, where he says he's expecting this week to hire a new ...

Trump defends firing Labor Statistics chief Erika McEntarfer over jobs report

President Donald Trump defended his decision in firing Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, claiming the ...

The Forward on MSN23h

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 ...

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