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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday removed the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was much weaker in May and June than previously reported. READ MORE: U.S. employers added just 73,000 jobs last month as labor market weakens in face of Trump trade wars Trump, …
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Donald Trump has ordered the firing of the federal government official in charge of labor statistics, hours after data revealed that jobs growth had stalled this summer. The US president claimed that Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of labor statistics, had “faked” employment figures in the run-up to last year’s election, in a bid to boost Kamala Harris’s chances of victory. He …
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