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Fact check: Trump says jobs data revision after 2024 election was 'rigged'

PolitiFact Ruling: Pants on Fire. The agency’s downward revision of 818,000 jobs was part of a standard, annual data-refinement process. It happened Aug. 21, 2024, spoiling Democrats’ mood one day ...

What to know about Erika McEntarfer, the BLS commissioner fired by Trump

President Trump's federal hiring freeze and decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer raise ...
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Trump’s war on reality: McEntarfer firing is another authoritarian step

Donald Trump has, since he first returned to the White House in January, been on a steady march towards authoritarianism, and ...

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, ...

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’s decline is evident, and it could save America | Opinion

As approval ratings hit record lows and independent voters flee, even loyal Republicans privately acknowledge Trump's ...

5 things to know about the jobs report controversy that has economists defending government data

Response rates to government surveys have plummeted since COVID, but experts say that doesn't mean the numbers are wrong ...
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'This is so dangerous': Trump's efforts to 'make us all poorer' shock former GOP lawmaker

A former Republican lawmaker expressed shock at some of President Donald Trump's efforts to control economic data in the ...