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Trump Orders Firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Chief
Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who as Labor Secretary oversees the BLS, wrote on social media that she supports Trump’s decision to ...
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‘The neutrality of the agency has been eliminated:’ Stats-based feds decry BLS chief’s firing
Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...
Trump says the Bureau of Labor Statistics orchestrated a ‘scam.’ Here’s how the jobs report really works
President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” ...
Trump vs. the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Why This Firing Could Burn Your Finances
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Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief over baseless data claims follows a familiar pattern
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 ...
Opinion | Trump fired the labor statistics chief and the markets shrugged. That’s concerning.
President Donald Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer — a widely respected economist ...
Trump yammers that he’s the victim of rigged statistics. But he’s the rigger in chief.
On Tuesday, Texas Sen. John Cornyn, desperate for Trump’s endorsement as he seeks reelection, tried to show some MAGA muscle ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics Is Not the Problem
Losing highly reliable, accurate and transparent data on the health of the world’s largest economy would be perilous.
Trump's firing of the labor statistics chief could lead to a financial crisis
Government economic data can no longer be trusted or relied upon under this administration. That has consequences.
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 ...