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Barron's on MSN · 6d

Trump Fires BLS Chief. He’s Missing the Real Reason for the Big Change in Jobs Numbers.

McEntarfer was nominated for the role of commissioner by President Joe Biden in July 2023 and confirmed by the Senate in January 2024. She was confirmed 86-6, including 38 Republican votes. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Vice President JD Vance both voted for her.

GeekWire on MSN · 5h

Ballmer’s USAFacts warns against politicizing data after Trump fires BLS chief over jobs report

Undermining trust in official statistics threatens the integrity of the data that millions of Americans — from business leaders to everyday voters — depend on to understand our economy,” the Bellevue-based organization said in a public statement after President Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday.

ABC News on MSN · 6d

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.

Slingshot News on MSN33m

'These Numbers Just Came Out': Donald Trump Magically Pulls Out New 'Data' Proving BLS Jobs Report Data Was 'Wrong' In Remarks From The Oval Office

Donald Trump ushered reporters into the Oval Office today to make them listen to a presentation given by Steve Moore from the ...

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Trump blasts jobs report as ‘Rigged’ — Nobel economist Paul Krugman fires back with brutal dig

Paul Krugman slams Trump after President Donald Trump called the July 2025 jobs report rigged and fired the head of the ...

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Trump’s Bid To Fire BLS Commissioner ‘Preposterously Stupid And Deeply Dangerous’

"There is absolutely no chance that the BLS commissioner manipulated the jobs and unemployment data to hurt Donald Trump," a ...

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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 ...

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Nebraska Republican faces rowdy town hall with questions about Epstein files and fired BLS chief

The Nebraska Republican held a town hall that started with boos from the crowd as he took the stage and ended with chants of ...

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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 ...

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