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Sen. Padilla on BLS chief firing: ‘I think an investigation is certainly in order’
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said on Sunday he would support an investigation into President Trump’s firing of the ...
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President Trump Fires BLS Chief Following Poor Jobs Report, Fueling Fears of Political Interference in Economic Data
President Trump fired the BLS chief after a poor jobs report, amid concerns of meddling in economic data reporting and issues ...
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BLS chief Trump accused of data fraud responds to firing
The president responded to the lackluster July jobs report by directing his team to fire the chief of the Bureau of Labor ...
Trump calls fired BLS commissioner's job numbers the 'biggest miscalculations in over 50 years'
U.S. President Donald Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of faking employment data to all-time highs before the ...
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Trump’s baseless ‘manipulated’ data claim in firing BLS chief Erika McEntarfer follows long history
William Beach, who was Trump’s first-term Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, called the firing "baseless" and "damaging" in a letter co-signed by Erica Groshen, who preceded Beach and was ...
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Trump fires head of BLS: Historical data show low revised numbers not uncommon
President Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the latest job report showed hiring slowed in ...
Summers on BLS commissioner firing: ‘Way beyond anything that Richard Nixon ever did’
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers on Sunday said President Trump’s decision to fire the commissioner of the Bureau ...
Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz: Trump firing BLS head ‘like driving a car with no odometer'
After a weak jobs report on Friday, Trump responded by firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But as Nobel ...
Trump’s firing of BLS commissioner decried as ‘groundless’ and ‘giving way to authoritarianism’
President Donald Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics official in charge of compiling jobs data was sharply ...
Trump economic adviser fires back at NBC host over 'shooting the messenger' claim about BLS firing
WH Economic Council director Kevin Hassett was pressed repeatedly on President Donald Trump's decision to fire the labor ...
Trump on BLS Chief Firing, Oil Dips on OPEC Output Hike, More
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