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GOP mocks House Democrats’ request for a hearing on why Trump fired the BLS commissioner

The House Education and the Workforce Committee is unlikely to fulfill a request from House Democrats to hold a congressional hearing on President Donald Trump‘s decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner over a weak jobs report last week.

ABC News on MSN · 5d

Trump fires BLS commissioner after weak jobs report

President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after a new jobs report showed a major slowdown of hiring in recent months. In a social media post, Trump volleyed sharp criticism and baseless accusations at Erika McEntarfer, a Biden appointee who was confirmed by the Senate in 2024.

UPI on MSN · 5d

Trump fires BLS commissioner after U.S. added only 73,000 jobs in July

Jobs growth was slower than expected as the unemployment rate rose in July, leading to the firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer.

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Revisions are a common feature of any jobs report says former BLS commissioner

While the downward revision of May and June payroll growth by 258,000 marked the largest two-month downward revision to the ...

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Bank of America's CEO responds to weak jobs report that spurred Trump firing of BLS chief

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said there must be better ways to collect employment data after President Trump fired the ...

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The BLS does have a jobs data problem, but it's not what Trump says

President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the BLS after a disappointing jobs report. It likely won't help the data get ...

WBUR2d

Former BLS commissioner says it’s not possible to rig jobs numbers

On Friday, President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer, after the July jobs report ...

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How to Know When to Freak Out about Data Manipulation at BLS

The administration argues Commissioner Erika McEntarfer was removed for incompetence, but the most avid consumers of the agency’s data — top economists and key figures on Wall Street — worry it was ...

The Washington Post1d

If Trump really wants to improve economic data, here are better ways

But that is akin to what President Donald Trump did on Friday when he fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics a few hours after she released a disappointing jobs report and published ...

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