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Trump fires BLS chief; former special counsel under investigation

President Trump is shaking things up following a disappointing jobs report. Also, former Special Counsel Jack Smith is under investigation. ABC News' Selina Wang breaks down the latest.

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Trump Fires BLS Chief. He’s Missing the Real Reason for the Big Change in Jobs Numbers.

McEntarfer was nominated for the role of commissioner by President Joe Biden in July 2023 and confirmed by the Senate in January 2024. She was confirmed 86-6, including 38 Republican votes. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Vice President JD Vance both voted for her.

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Labor secretary hails Trump move to fire BLS chief

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer praised President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) after the Friday release of the July jobs report. In a statement on social media,

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Trump admin live updates: Former BLS commissioner condemns firing of his successor

On the foreign policy front, Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee are ...

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Trump trade adviser: President has ‘real concerns’ about jobs data after BLS firing

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer weighed in on President Trump’s decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS ...

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Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report

Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers ...

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Trump fires BLS commissioner after weak jobs report and baseless claim of 'faked' stats

President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after a new jobs report showed a ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Economist analyzes fallout of Trump’s sweeping new tariffs and firing of BLS commissioner

The White House’s announcement Friday that it will impose hefty tariffs on imports from nearly 70 countries next week ...

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 ...