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Trump economic adviser fires back at NBC host over 'shooting the messenger' claim about BLS firing

WH Economic Council director Kevin Hassett was pressed repeatedly on President Donald Trump's decision to fire the labor ...

Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz: Trump firing BLS head ‘like driving a car with no odometer'

After a weak jobs report on Friday, Trump responded by firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But as Nobel ...
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Trump Fires BLS Chief Over Job Data ‘Tampering’ as Hassett Calls for Fresh Leadership

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett criticized the accuracy of recent job numbers and called for a review of the ...

Sen. Alex Padilla calls for an investigation into Trump’s firing of BLS chief: Full interview

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) tells Meet the Press “an investigation is certainly in order” after President Trump fired Bureau ...
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President Trump Fires BLS Chief Following Poor Jobs Report, Fueling Fears of Political Interference in Economic Data

President Trump fired the BLS chief after a poor jobs report, amid concerns of meddling in economic data reporting and issues ...

California's Sen. Padilla on Next BLS Head

Sen. Alex Padilla, a California Democrat, says an investigation into the firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner ...

Sen. Padilla on BLS chief firing: ‘I think an investigation is certainly in order’

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said on Sunday he would support an investigation into President Trump’s firing of the ...

Wall Street Brunch: The BLS Also Does The CPI

With BLS data suddenly suspect, can the markets trust nonfarm payrolls and the CPI? Palantir and McDonald’s among those ...

Trump Suggests Ex-BLS Chief Manipulated Past Report

After administration officials spent the morning on the Sunday talk show circuit defending President Trump's firing of the Labor Department's statistics chief, Trump took to his social media account ...