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Trump's claims of 'rigged' jobs numbers challenged by CNBC host

CNBC news anchor Joe Kernen confronted President Trump over firing the top labor statistics chief, saying it "undermines confidence in the system."

FactCheck.org on MSN · 15h

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, President Donald Trump fired the BLS commissioner, claiming the job numbers were "phony" and that the commissioner had "faked" other job figures to help Democrats.

Barron's on MSN · 1h

Trump Doubles Down on ‘Rigged’ Job Data Claim on CNBC, Says Bessent Won’t Be Fed Nominee

President Donald Trump doubled down on claims that the Bureau of Labor Statistics had “rigged” jobs data during a Tuesday morning television appearance, while offering no proof that was the case.“It is antiquated,

Donald Trump, Bureau of Labor Statistics and jobs

Fox News on MSN · 7h

Trump fires labor official over weak jobs number, orders criminal probes of past opponents

Trump fires Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer after disappointing July jobs report, claiming the 73,000 job gain figure was rigged against Republicans.

al.com on MSN · 21h

Trump defends firing Biden-appointed statistician over ‘fake political’ jobs numbers

Trump took a page from the 2020 playbook to explain his firing of Commissioner of Labor Statistics Erika McEntarfer.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Trump Says He Will Announce New Labor Statistics Official in 3 or 4 Days

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will announce a new head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics within three or four days. He fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after accusing her of faking jobs numbers,

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Facing facts about Trump and the jobs numbers

In announcing the firing of the government’s chief labor statistician last week, President Trump condemned the works of Erika ...

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The real problem with America's jobs data

President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the BLS after a disappointing jobs report. It likely won't help the data get ...

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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 ...

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In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data

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

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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 ...

Raw Story on MSN1h

'Jittery' Republicans aren't buying Trump's spin after 'huge mistake' on job numbers

Republicans are reportedly “feeling jittery” over the potential economic fallout to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, set to ...

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Larry Summers says Trump's accusations of manipulated jobs numbers are ‘preposterous’

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers called President Donald Trump's baseless accusation that the top Bureau of Labor ...

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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.

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