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What happens next can only go wrong for him and the U.S. Here’s what experts and critics are arguing in the aftermath.

Trump fired the previous head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after he was unhappy with a weaker-than-expected July jobs ...

Trump’s attempt to bury unflattering information serves as a diversion from what could be a looming economic storm. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, says he believes the “economy is ...

Trump fires BLS head Erika McEntarfer over "rigged" jobs report, raising concerns about economic data integrity and agency independence.

President Donald Trump plans to fill two important economic vacancies in the next 3-4 days, he said Sunday. The BLS ...

President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics forced his allies into the awkward spot of ...

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

Erika McEntarfer was a longtime US government employee who bore the brunt of President Trump’s unhappiness with Friday’s jobs ...

J.P. Morgan raised concerns over the sudden dismissal of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, ...

To build trust in government data, President Donald Trump should not fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner. He ...

Until Friday, McEntarfer was the country’s commissioner of labor statistics, a vital, though largely behind-the-scenes, role ...