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Trump defends firing labor statistics chief after weak jobs report
President Trump on Sunday defended his decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) following a weak ...
Trump calls fired BLS commissioner's job numbers the 'biggest miscalculations in over 50 years'
U.S. President Donald Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of faking employment data to all-time highs before the ...
Chris Christie likens Trump to 'petulant child' over labor statistics chief's firing
"He needs someone to blame," Trump ally turned critic Chris Christie said after the president fired Bureau of Labor ...
Trump Says He Will Announce New Labor Statistics Official in 3 or 4 Days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will announce a new head of the Bureau of Labor ...
Ex-Treasury Secretary Calls Trump Worse Than Nixon After Jobs Report Tantrum
The president unceremoniously sacked the Bureau of Labor Statistics' top boss after weak employment numbers were released ...
Top Trump Adviser Fails To Offer Evidence That Jobs Reports Were ‘Rigged’
“The revisions are hard evidence,” National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett argued during a Sunday appearance on ...
Texas Democrats leave the state in an extraordinary move, and a slow trickle of Gaza aid: Weekend Rundown
In an extraordinary move to counter Republican redistricting in Texas, dozens of Democrats in the state House of ...
Weak US jobs data challenge Fed’s cautious stance
WASHINGTON: A weaker-than-expected July jobs report is calling into question the US Federal Reserve's (Fed) wait-and-see ...
'We need fresh set of eyes': White House defends Trump's move to fire head of Bureau of Labour Statistics
Top White House officials defended the move to fire the head of the Bureau of Labour Statistics by US President Donald Trump on Sunday (August 3). The White House economic advisers pushed back against ...