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President Trump fumed on Friday over a weak jobs report and major downward revisions to May and June employment figures that ...
Like no other president, Trump has used the government’s control over federal research funding to push for changes in higher ...
Trump ordered the firing of Erika McEntarfer, the U.S. commissioner of Labor Statistics, accusing her without evidence of manipulating jobs figures.
Even if nothing in BLS processes actually changes, public trust is permanently harmed when the BLS commissioner is fired ...
Troops deployed along the U.S.-Mexico border are part of President Trump's plan to further increase U.S. military presence at ...
There has been something of a shift in the conventional wisdom about President Donald Trump’s tariffs of late.
Economists said ousting the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics could undermine confidence in government economic data.
A spokesperson for BLS confirmed that McEntarfer “was terminated today” and that Deputy Commissioner William Wiatrowski will ...
The Trump administration's steep import tariff on Brazilian coffee looks set to reshuffle trade routes for beans from the ...
An anemic July jobs report boosted expectations the Federal Reserve might lower interest rates in September. Trump said the jobs report was "rigged." ...
Confronted with evidence of his own failures, the president could've changed direction. He instead found it easier to fire ...
Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday after the agency released a jobs report that showed a ...