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Trump signals higher tariffs, defends firing of BLS chief in combative CNBC interview
A defiant President Trump defended his firing of a top government jobs monitor and said he would like to run again in 2028.
Trump’s Firing of BLS Chief Prompts Democrats to Propose Bill Protecting Stats-Agency Heads
The bill’s path forward is doubtful given that it would need to earn at least some Republican support in the House and Senate ...
President Donald Trump clashes with CNBC’s Joe Kernen over firing of BLS commissioner
Trump defended firing BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer, sparking tense exchange with CNBC’s Joe Kernen on "Squawk Box" over ...
The Western Journal on MSN1d
Background of BLS Commissioner Who Trump Fired Finally Comes Out - No Wonder He Sacked Her
Bureau of Labor Statistics head Erika McEntarfer is out because President Donald Trump didn't like the July jobs report.
Trump’s BLS Firing Tests Wall Street’s Reliance on Government Data
Investors have long parsed economic reports on the labor market or inflation to help determine prices for stocks and bonds.
New York Magazine on MSN3d
Trump’s Firing of BLS Chief Is Bound to Backfire
What happens next can only go wrong for him and the U.S. Here’s what experts and critics are arguing in the aftermath.
Did DOGE contribute to the BLS jobs report that Trump hated? Economist Mark Zandi thinks so
Elon Musk’s DOGE may have completed much of its work in the federal bureaucracy, but the trickle-down effect from Musk’s ...
Real Strains Inside the BLS Made It Vulnerable to Trump’s Accusations
President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday ignited a crisis at the U.S.’s top ...
Raw Story on MSN1h
Trump's tantrum just crossed a line even Nixon feared: analyst
President Donald Trump's tantrum over the weak jobs numbers and termination of the Bureau of Labor Statistics director is in ...