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Trump fires labor official over weak jobs number, orders criminal probes of past opponents

Trump fires Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer after disappointing July jobs report, claiming the ...

Social Security’s COLA is now at risk after Trump’s shock firing at the Labor Department

P resident Donald Trump’s firing of the commissioner of labor statistics, Erika McEntarfer, on Friday raises serious risks ...

Trump vs. the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Why This Firing Could Burn Your Finances

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President to Name Labor Statistics Official in Days After Firing Last One

President Trump said he would appoint a new commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics “over the next three, four days.” ...

Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner fired by Trump?

Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has been fired after releasing a jobs report that ...

White House Officials Defend Firing of Labor Official as Critics Warn of Trust Erosion

Top White House economic advisers on Sunday defended President Donald Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor ...

Fact Check: Former Labor Statistics Commisioner McEntarfer Was NOT 'Arrested By U.S. Navy JAG On Treason Charges'

Was Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer arrested by "U.S. Navy JAG" on "treason charges" related to the ...

Trump’s labor statistics shakeup sparks anxiety over future economic data

President Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner is raising concerns about whether her ...