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Fact Check Team: Politicization or poor performance? Trump fires BLS commissioner

President Donald Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), citing her mishandling of the nation's jobs data.

Associated Press News on MSN · 4d

Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner fired by Trump?

Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has been fired after releasing a jobs report that angered President Donald Trump.

Mint on MSN · 1d

Who is Erika McEntarfer fired by Donald Trump as head of Labor Statistics department? Why was she asked to step down?

Erika McEntarfer was a longtime US government employee who bore the brunt of President Trump’s unhappiness with Friday’s jobs report. She had served as BLS head for a year and a half.

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CBS News · 22h

Still no evidence from Trump White House that revised job numbers were "rigged"

President Trump on Monday continued to slam Erika McEntarfer, the former head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics who he fired, claiming she had "rigged" a poor job numbers report. No evidence has been provided to support that claim.

MSNBC · 1d

Trump claims ‘my opinion…jobs numbers were rigged’ but gives no supporting facts

After Friday’s weak jobs report was released, prompting the firing of the Commissioner of Labor Statistics by President Trump, many questions remain about the White House’s justification for doing so.

Newsweek on MSN · 1d

Trump says weak jobs data "rigged"

President Donald Trump on Monday said July's jobs report was "rigged" to favor Democrats in a post on Truth Social. Trump fired Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Erika McEntarfer last week after the July jobs report,

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Former Trump statistics chief slams Friday firing of Erika McEntarfer

Bill Beach said the president's suggestions that the jobs report was rigged betrayed a misunderstanding in how those numbers ...

Trump Fact Checked Live on TV on Dire Polls and Stats Boss Firing

President Donald Trump was laughed at and fact-checked live on CNBC during a wild phone interview in which he claimed the ...

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Former Trump advisor criticizes Trump’s timing on ousting America’s data czar: ‘Like firing the referee’

After a historic downward revision to jobs numbers, Trump fired the head of the BLS. But critics on both sides say the move ...

Cryptopolitan on MSN2d

Trump fired BLS chief Erika McEntarfer after weak job numbers without offering solid evidence

President Trump’s economic team is now trying to defend his sudden decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor ...

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Fact check: Trump’s claim that pre-election jobs revisions helped Democrats

The jobs report for July revealed that some 258,000 fewer jobs were added in May and June than previously reported.

Until Trump Fired Her, She Was an Economist With Bipartisan Support

Erika McEntarfer led the agency that produced key data on jobs and inflation. Then July’s report showed a weakening economy, ...

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Trump’s baseless ‘manipulated’ data claim in firing BLS chief Erika McEntarfer follows long history

President Donald Trump took a step many economists had feared: firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the nonpartisan agency that collects a wide range of closely watched employment and ...

Trump officials scramble to justify firing of economic statistician – as critics say ‘scary’ move is a sign of ‘authoritiarianism’

Trump’s allies defend firing of ‘propaganda’ author, but won’t echo president’s claims numbers were cooked by Biden appointee ...

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