The president insists that jobs statistics are “rigged,” which is wrong for a variety of reasons — including his yearslong ...

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The Army, unlike Princeton and Harvard, knew a petulant, insecure mediocrity when it saw one. For whatever reason—perhaps ...

President Trump’s decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer is unlikely to benefit the ...

Government economic data can no longer be trusted or relied upon under this administration. That has consequences.

President Donald Trump was headed late Sunday back to Washington, where he says he's expecting this week to hire a new ...

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

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Aug. 1, 2025, the day a poor jobs report ...

The jobs report revisions that prompted Trump to fire the BLS commissioner were historically large. Here's why (Hint: it wasn't rigged data).

The Bureau of Labor Statistics plays a crucial role in shaping U.S. economic policy through its reports, which can influence ...

Slightly more Americans distrust the federal economic data than trust it, according to a survey that was published on Tuesday.  The Economist/YouGov poll found that 46 percent of Americans ...