President Trump on Tuesday repeated his claims that government jobs data was rigged, insisting — without evidence — the statistics were manipulated to make him look bad. Why it matters: The more the president says the economy's most crucial data point isn't believable,

In firing the head of the agency that produces monthly jobs figures, President Donald Trump alleged that the recent weaker-than-expected numbers were phony and that positive numbers reported before th

President Trump ordered the firing of Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Erika McEntarfer, asserting without evidence that the government’s jobs numbers have been manipulated for political purposes.