News

Fact check: Trump's claims jobless numbers were 'rigged'

Trump has falsely alleged that former BLS commissioner "faked" employment numbers before the 2024 election in order to better ...

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 ...

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 ...

Facing facts about Trump and the jobs numbers

In announcing the firing of the government’s chief labor statistician last week, President Trump condemned the works of Erika ...

Trump doubles down on his decision to fire BLS chief after disappointing jobs report

President Donald Trump continues to claim without evidence that the jobs report was "totally rigged." ...

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, ...

Was This Summer’s Healthy Job Market A Mirage?

Plus, should you scrub your social media before your job hun, how AI can overlook top talent and Boeing defense workers go on ...
The Forward on MSN1d

Trump fired a commissioner over bad jobs numbers. Nixon targeted a ‘Jewish cabal’ at the same agency

Fifty years-plus after Nixon demanded a tally of Jewish staffers at the BLS, Trump fired Erika McEntarfer over numbers he ...