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Trump seeks to fire official overseeing jobs data after weak employment report

August 01, 2025

President Trump in a post on his social media platform alleged that the job figures were manipulated for political reasons and said that Erika McEntarfer, the director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, should be fired.

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