To hear President Donald Trump and his allies tell it, the ex-chief of the government agency that produces the critical U.S. employment report deserved to be fired due to political bias. Former leaders of the Bureau of Labor Statistics - the agency in the middle of a political firestorm - scoff at the idea. The truth, they say, is quite the opposite: The jobs report is insulated from politics as much as it possibly can be. Last Friday, Trump fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after a poor July jobs report. McEntarfer was appointed by former President Joe Biden in 2024. What upset the White House were revisions ... (full story)