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‘The neutrality of the agency has been eliminated’: Stats-based feds decry BLS chief’s firing

Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...

Why Accurate Labor Statistics Matter For The US Economy

The president of the United States fired the head of the government's main economic statistics agency after a recent report ...

Reed demands probe into Trump’s firing of official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report

PROVIDENCE — US Senator Jack Reed is calling for a special investigation into President Trump’s abrupt firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a weaker-than-expected ...

Trump just made a huge mistake

Firing Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer will taint any future jobs numbers coming from the agency, ...

Easy to lose, hard to restore: US data trust on the line

Donald Trump's move to fire the head of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has put trust in U.S. data reporting mechanisms ...

Fact Check: Former Labor Statistics Commisioner McEntarfer Was NOT 'Arrested By U.S. Navy JAG On Treason Charges'

Was Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer arrested by "U.S. Navy JAG" on "treason charges" related to the ...

‘You’re Asking Me to Contemplate the Nuclear Scenario’

A former Federal Reserve official gets candid about Trump’s firing of the BLS chief.

Trump didn’t start the war on truth, but his weapons are dangerous | Opinion

Canning the labor chief will make jobs statistics less trustworthy, but authoritarians thrive in a world of blurred fact and ...