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Trump’s plan rips 2,600 USDA jobs from Maryland and DC area, shutters major research hub
A Trump administration plan to shutter one of the nation’s largest agricultural research centers in Prince George’s County ...
Trump calls in press for ‘major announcement’ in Oval Office - but just spent 5 minutes bragging about his ‘wins’
An Oval Office event the White House billed as a “major announcement on the economy” by President Donald Trump turned out to ...
Trump says he doesn’t trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do
The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after ...
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 ...
Why jobs revisions that led Trump to fire statistics head were so huge
The jobs report revisions that prompted Trump to fire the BLS commissioner were historically large. Here's why (Hint: it wasn ...
Reed demands probe into Trump’s firing of official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report
PROVIDENCE — US Senator Jack Reed is calling for a special investigation into President Trump’s abrupt firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a weaker-than-expected ...
In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data
President Donald Trump has a pattern of dismissing or altering data that reflects poorly on him. During his first term, the ...
From calling India 'Tariff King' to accusing Indians of stealing American jobs: Exposing Trump’s falsehoods on India
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly made misleading and unverified statements about India, ranging from trade and energy ...