Trump's BLS Firing Sparks Controversy and Conspiracy Theories
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President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a less favorable jobs report, prompting mixed reactions from Republicans who previously praised the bureau's data, with some defending the firing and others criticizing the agency's reliability and transparency.
- After Trump’s Firing of BLS Commissioner, Republicans Fall in Line With His Criticism The New York Times
- How Trump decided to fire a little-known statistician, sparking conspiracy theories about government data CNN
- The jobs data revisions that cost a US government statistician her job Reuters
- A Terrible Five Days for the Truth The Atlantic
- Amy Walter and Jasmine Wright on Trump’s BLS firing and trust in institutions PBS
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