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In Firing the BLS Chief, Trump Escalates His Administration’s War on Data
But Trump’s firing of the BLS chief escalated his administration’s attack on information. Though researchers who rely on ...
President Donald Trump clashes with CNBC’s Joe Kernen over firing of BLS commissioner
Trump defended firing BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer, sparking tense exchange with CNBC’s Joe Kernen on "Squawk Box" over ...
CNBC halts for breaking news as Donald Trump delivers devastating blow
In a heated exchange on live TV, President Trump clashed with a CNBC host, defending his controversial decisions and sparking ...
CNBC Daily Open: That's not how revisions to jobs numbers work
Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after jobs report. In a Truth Social post, the U.S. president accused BLS ...
Trump signals higher tariffs, defends firing of BLS chief in combative CNBC interview
A defiant President Trump defended his firing of a top government jobs monitor and said he would like to run again in 2028.
Trump Fact Checked Live on TV on Dire Polls and Stats Boss Firing
President Donald Trump was laughed at and fact-checked live on CNBC during a wild phone interview in which he claimed the ...
Trump fired the BLS chief for a bad jobs report. Here’s how those numbers are gathered
The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses surveys to collect economic data including employment counts, wages and inflation.
CNBC Daily Open: There's no return policy for jobs numbers
Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after jobs report. In a Truth Social post, the U.S. president accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of being a political appointee ...
How Trump decided to fire a little-known statistician, sparking conspiracy theories about government data
President Donald Trump was fuming about the July jobs report signaling a significant slowdown in the economy when he recalled ...