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Texas governor Greg Abbott on Monday ordered the department of public safety to arrest and return any House member who had left the state and “abandoned their duty to Texans”, as Democrats thwarted plans to redistrict the state along lines that would favour Republicans. “There are consequences for dereliction of duty,” Abbott said in a statement on Monday, after the …

Trump Live Updates: President to Name New Labor Statistics Official After Firing Predecessor  The New York Times Trump set to name replacements at the Fed and Bureau of Labor Statistics in coming days  CNBC Trump admin live updates: Trump says new Labor Statistics chief to be hired in ‘3, 4 days’  ABC News Donald Trump to appoint Federal Reserve governor and labour statistics …

Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam,” accusing one of the top overseers of government statistics of cooking the books in a vendetta against his presidency. “In my opinion, today’s Jobs Numbers were RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad,” Trump …

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 …

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 …

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, …

Trump fires labor statistics chief after large revision to jobs report  The Washington Post Trump fires a senior official over jobs numbers  CNN Veterans Unemployment Rate Drops, But Trump Fires BLS Commissioner After Weak Overall Jobs Report  Military.com Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after weaker-than-expected jobs figures slam markets  CNBC Fed Governor Steps Down Early, Giving Trump Opportunity to Appoint New Official  The New …

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 …

U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One, as he departs for Scotland, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., July 25, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump on Friday fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, hours after the agency reported that job growth in the U.S. had slowed to a near-halt. In a Truth Social post that …