Trump Fires Labor Official Amid Weak Jobs Report
TL;DR
President Trump announced he will fire the BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer after the agency reported weak July jobs numbers and downward revisions for previous months, accusing her of political manipulation despite the BLS's reputation for independence and accuracy in economic data.
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- 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
- Brooks and Capehart on Trump’s firing of labor statistics head after weak jobs report PBS
- A raging Trump digs in on his trade war, fires official after brutal jobs report Los Angeles Times
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