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Fact check: No evidence for Trump's claims of ‘rigged' or ‘phony' job numbers

Hours after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released employment data showing slow job growth for July and prior months, ...

Why were US job numbers which riled Trump revised down by so much?

President Trump has fired the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics after the department revised down job numbers which ...

Tracking Trump: Trump attacks the jobs report; a VA proposal to end abortion services; Pirro confirmed as U.S. attorney; and more

Trump proposed restrictions on VA hospitals providing abortions. The Senate confirmed Fox host Jeanine Pirro as U.S. attorney ...

Trump calls fired BLS commissioner's job numbers the 'biggest miscalculations in over 50 years'

U.S. President Donald Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of faking employment data to all-time highs before the ...

Trump’s rewriting of reality on jobs numbers is chilling, but it could backfire

When authoritarianism encroaches, apologists often present a strongman’s power grabs as rational — even imperative for the ...

Live updates: Trump again bashes jobs report as governors battle over redistricting

Days after firing the official responsible for compiling the nation’s jobs statistics, President Donald Trump again claimed ...

Donald Trump 'In Denial' About Job Figures, Economy—Nate Silver

Nate Silver is the founder of 538 and was one of the most prominent polling experts during last year's presidential election.

Trump says he'll name people to 2 jobs closely watched by Wall Street

The president fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner on Friday after poor job numbers. A Federal Reserve governor ...