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President Donald Trump’s firing of the chief labor statistician was criticized by her predecessor, who called it an unfounded ...
President Donald Trump’s acolytes are scrambling to rationalize his decision to fire the nation’s top labor statistician ...
"This is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism," Larry Summers said. "This is really scary stuff." ...
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett criticized the accuracy of recent job numbers and called for a review of the ...
At the centre of the controversy is the BLS report issued Friday, which revised previous job growth estimates downward. The ...
President Trump on Sunday defended the firing of Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, an appointee of former President Joe Biden. "Head of the Bureau of of Labor Statistics ...
After administration officials spent the morning on the Sunday talk show circuit defending President Trump's firing of the Labor Department's statistics chief, Trump took to his social media account ...
Trump’s allies defend firing of ‘propaganda’ author, but won’t echo president’s claims numbers were cooked by Biden appointee ...
Nate Silver is the founder of 538 and was one of the most prominent polling experts during last year's presidential election.
On Sunday, William Beach, who preceded McEntarfer as BLS commissioner, told CNN's "State of the Union" that her firing was "groundless," and that there was "no way" for her to rig the numbers, since ...
Rep. Erin Houchin accused the official in charge of the nation's jobs data of being part of the "deep state" after some unfavorable employment numbers were reported.
WH Economic Council director Kevin Hassett was pressed repeatedly on President Donald Trump's decision to fire the labor statistics chief on Sunday.