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Trump’s Firing of BLS Chief Is Bound to Backfire
What happens next can only go wrong for him and the U.S. Here’s what experts and critics are arguing in the aftermath.
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 ...
White House searches for a new BLS chief with 'credibility' and 'experience'
Trump fired the previous head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after he was unhappy with a weaker-than-expected July jobs ...
Former Trump statistics chief slams Friday firing of Erika McEntarfer
Bill Beach said the president's suggestions that the jobs report was rigged betrayed a misunderstanding in how those numbers ...
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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 ...
'We need accurate numbers': Trump fires BLS chief Erika McEntarfer after weak July jobs report; claims 'Biden appointee' manipulated data
US President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed bureau of labor statistics (BLS) commissioner Erika McEntarfer, just hours ...
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‘The neutrality of the agency has been eliminated’: Stats-based feds decry BLS chief’s firing
Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...