Trump fires a senior official over jobs numbers

Photo by Tim Mossholder via Pexels. Article by Kit Maher, Matt Egan, Alicia Wallace. CNN – August 1, 2025.

President Donald Trump has fired Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, whom he accused, without evidence, of manipulating the monthly jobs reports for “political purposes.” The BLS’ monthly labor report Friday showed that the US economy added only 73,000 jobs in July, far below expectations. It also sharply revised down the employment growth that had been previously reported in May and June – by a combined 258,000 jobs. […]

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