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Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report

President Donald Trump on Friday had his team remove the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures, after a ...

Trump says the Bureau of Labor Statistics orchestrated a ‘scam.’ Here’s how the jobs report really works

President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” ...
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WATCH: Asked if Trump administration will continue to release jobs report, Leavitt says ‘I believe that is the plan’

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that the government will continue to issue the monthly jobs report, ...

What to Know About the Jobs Report That Led Trump to Fire the Labor Statistics Chief Amid Trade War Fallout

The data come after economists have expressed concern that the Trump Administration’s flip-flopping tariff policies and ...

In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data

President Donald Trump has a pattern of dismissing or altering data that reflects poorly on him. During his first term, the ...

‘This is all lies’: White House press secretary grilled after Trump nominee floats suspending decades-old practice

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was pressed on Tuesday after President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau ...

Massive revisions shook the jobs report. Tuesday’s inflation data could get cloudy, too

The next batch of inflation data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics was already shaping up to be a high-profile affair due ...

Trump Stats Boss’ Jan. 6 Excuse Crumbles

Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics may have trekked two miles from work to the Capitol on Jan. 6, ...