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White House economist backs Trump firing Labor stats head, hits 'partisan pattern' in jobs data: 'Propaganda'
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett supports President Trump firing Bureau of Labor Statistics head, citing ...
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 ...
White House Defends Firing of Labor Official as Critics Warn of Trust Erosion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House economic advisers on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's firing of the head of the ...
After Trump sacks BLS boss, Democrats fear these seven words the most
President Trump's declaration that "we need people that we can trust" after his firing of the BLS commissioner has left ...
The ripple effects of the BLS firing
Janet Yellen, the former Treasury secretary and chair of the Federal Reserve, described the firing to the New York Times as “ the kind of thing you would only expect to see in a banana republic .” ...
White House on defense over President Trump’s firing of official responsible for jobs data
After President Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, he called a recent jobs report “rigged”. A ...
White House says terrible jobs data 'must be a typo'
The White House believes unusual jobs data revisions prove the recently fired Bureau of Labor chief was manipulating ...
What Business Leaders Can Learn From Trump’s Labor Statistics Firing
With all of this in mind, to say that President Trump stirred up a firestorm of controversy by firing the head of the Bureau ...