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U.S. President Donald Trump walks towards reporters from Marine One at at the Lehigh Valley International Airport on August 03, 2025 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images President Donald Trump and one of his top economic advisors stoked baseless conspiracies about federal jobs data Monday, suggesting without evidence that Friday’s weaker-than-expected jobs report had been “rigged” by federal …

Facebook Tweet Email Link The brazen partisan redistricting underway in Texas, with Republicans attempting to entrench themselves in office and Democrats weighing a counter-offensive in blue states, was greenlit by the US Supreme Court six years ago. Chief Justice John Roberts, in an opinion for a 5-4 court, declared that federal judges could not review extreme partisan gerrymanders to determine …

A former CIA boss has provided his expert opinion on how tensions between Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump could end. For 35 years, Ralph Goff worked for the CIA – donning the role of chief of operations for Europe and Eurasia for a number of years before retirement. Now, the 72-year-old has given his terrifying prediction of what could …

Sen. Padilla on BLS chief firing: ‘I think an investigation is certainly in order’  The Hill Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils.  The New York Times White House officials rush to defend Trump after shaky economic week  The Guardian Larry Summers says Trump’s accusations of manipulated jobs numbers are ‘preposterous’  ABC News ‘The revisions are hard evidence’: White House struggles …

Republicans are angry that Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the bureau’s lackluster jobs report showed a weak economy on Friday.  Trump accused commissioner Erika McEntarfer, who was appointed by Joe Biden, of fabricating statistics now as well as before the 2024 election. Friday’s jobs report found that the U.S. economy added only 73,000 …

President Donald Trump announced on Friday the dismissal of the US Commissioner of Labor Statistics, just hours after the entity had published its latest report on job growth and the economy. Commissioner Erika McEntarfer has been leading the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) since January 2024. The post, a four-year term, is the only one in the agency that is …

Senior Republican lawmakers are condemning the decision of their party leader, Donald Trump, to fire the leading US labor market statistician after a report that showed the national economy added just 73,000 jobs – far fewer than expected – in July. The disappointing figures – coupled with a downward revision of the two previous months amounting to 258,000 fewer jobs …

Trump Fires Data Chief on Bad Job News, Gets Chance to Tilt Fed  Bloomberg.com Lashing Out Over Russia and Jobs Data, Trump Displays His Volatile Side  The New York Times Republican senators raise concerns about Trump’s firing of Labor Dept. official  NBC News Brooks and Capehart on Trump’s firing of labor statistics head after weak jobs report  PBS Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau …

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer defended President Trump’s decision to fire a key official responsible for employment reports, telling CBS News on Friday that Mr. Trump has “real concerns” about the accuracy of federal economic data. Greer spoke to “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” hours after the monthly jobs report showed a hiring slowdown in July and revised down …

Trump says he will fire labor statistics chief after weak jobs report  Axios Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged,’ Fires Labor Official  The New York Times Republican senators raise concerns about Trump’s firing of Labor Dept. official  NBC News Trump Gets Rid of Those Pesky Statistics  The Atlantic Brooks and Capehart on Trump’s firing of labor statistics head after weak jobs report  PBS Source …