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In Firing the BLS Chief, Trump Escalates His Administration’s War on Data

McEntarfer’s dismissal came just hours after a monthly jobs report showed the labor market performed more sluggishly than ...

Ballmer’s USAFacts warns against politicizing data after Trump fires BLS chief over jobs report

USAFacts, the nonpartisan nonprofit founded by Steve Ballmer, warns against politicizing government data after Trump fires the BLS chief over weak jobs numbers, raising concerns about data integrity ...

Trump doubles down on his decision to fire BLS chief after disappointing jobs report

President Donald Trump continues to claim without evidence that the jobs report was "totally rigged." ...

Nebraska Republican faces rowdy town hall with questions about Epstein files and fired BLS chief

Audience members began yelling at Flood and booing him when he talked about Medicaid and the impact of Trump's sweeping ...

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan on Trump's tariff agenda, Fed independence and BLS chief's ouster

Paul Ryan, Solamere Capital partner, Teneo vice chairman and former House Speaker, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of ...

How to Know When to Freak Out about Data Manipulation at BLS

Victoria Guida is an economics correspondent at POLITICO and author of Capital Letter, a reported column that probes policies ...

White House searches for a new BLS chief with 'credibility' and 'experience'

White House officials began the week scrambling to find a replacement after Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

‘Not possible’ for commissioner to have ‘influence’ over labor data: Fmr. BLS Chief William Beach

Former Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner William Beach joins Meet the Press NOW to react to President Trump’s decision ...