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Trump, Erika McEntarfer and BLS

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 July and was weaker in May and June than previously reported.

PolitiFact · 1d

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 nominated by Barack Obama.

The Hill on MSN · 1d

Who is Erika McEntarfer, labor statistics chief sacked by Trump

President Trump on Friday accused the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Erika McEntarfer of faking jobs numbers, directing his team to fire the former President Biden appointee. Trump blamed McEntarfer for the bad Friday jobs report,

New York Magazine1d

Trump Fires BLS Commissioner Over Bad Jobs Report: How It Happened

When the economic news is bad, Trump thinks he can just shoot the messenger. Here’s how the firing played out, as well as ...

19hon MSN

Statisticians blast Trump over BLS firing: ‘Dangerous precedent’

Statisticians railed against President Trump on Friday following his decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner Erika McEntarfer for “inaccuracies” and “incompetence” after ...

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)16h

WATCH: ‘I think their numbers were wrong,’ Trump says after firing BLS head over jobs report

President Donald Trump says he "did the right thing" by having his team remove the head of the agency that produces the ...

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