CNBC senior economics reporter Steve Liesman called out Donald Trump’s rationale for firing the commissioner of the Bureau of ...

CNBC anchor Joe Kernen questioned President Donald Trump on Tuesday over his claims about a recent jobs report. A revised ...

A defiant President Trump defended his firing of a top government jobs monitor and said he would like to run again in 2028.

In a heated exchange on live TV, President Trump clashed with a CNBC host, defending his controversial decisions and sparking ...

PROVIDENCE — US Senator Jack Reed is calling for a special investigation into President Trump’s abrupt firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a weaker-than-expected ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses surveys to collect economic data including employment counts, wages and inflation.

But Trump’s firing of the BLS chief escalated his administration’s attack on information. Though researchers who rely on ...

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett responded to Sen. Chuck Schumer calling him a "flack," on CNBC this morning, ...

US President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed bureau of labor statistics (BLS) commissioner Erika McEntarfer, just hours ...

"Firing the labor statistician delivering the data is akin to breaking the thermometer because of a heat wave," John Rash ...

The move has sparked warnings over data reliability in federal economic reporting. The BLS reported a gain of just 73,000 ...

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