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Trump adviser defends firing of labour data head over negative report
US President Donald Trump’s decision to dismiss the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has sparked widespread ...
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett defends Trump's firing of labor statistics head
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett on Sunday defended President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the head of the ...
White House officials defend firing of labor official as critics warn of trust erosion
Top White House economic advisers on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor ...
Trump fires head of labor statistics bureau after weak jobs report: Recap
An anemic July jobs report boosted expectations the Federal Reserve might lower interest rates in September. Trump said the ...
Republican senators raise concerns about Trump's firing of Labor Department official
Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after the agency released a jobs report that showed a ...
Labor Department Skirts Senators’ Questions on Inflation Data
A group of Democratic senators pressed the Labor Department in June over concerns about missing data in the survey behind ...
Trump labor secretary touts ‘native-born’ share of job gains
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer touted that native-born employment increased in the latest dismal jobs report, which ...