President Trump's decision to fire the Labor Department official who oversees the jobs report has prompted howls of protest. That's now the view of Sen. Bill Cassidy and his three Republican rivals.

President Trump said he directed his team to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics head Erika McEntarfer following a dismal jobs ...

Trump’s knee-jerk response to troublesome data is to deny it. He has eliminated climate change and disease statistics that ...

The data come after economists have expressed concern that the Trump Administration’s flip-flopping tariff policies and ...

President Donald Trump said Friday he plans to immediately fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics leader, who was appointed by ...

Trump in a post on his social media platform alleged that the figures were manipulated for political reasons and said that ...

President Donald Trump is moving to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a Biden appointee, just hours after the ...

Trump has a go-to playbook if the numbers reveal uncomfortable realities, and that’s to discredit or conceal the figures and ...

McEntarfer was nominated by Biden in 2023 and became the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in January 2024.

President Trump said Friday he directed his team to fire the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a ...

Trump's firing of BLS chief Erika McEntarfer over labor statistics could backfire as a potential recession looms.

Economists and Wall Street investors have long considered the job figures reliable, with share prices and bond yields often reacting sharply when they are released.