White House defends firing of labor official as critics warn of trust erosion

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House economic advisers on Sunday defended President Donald Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, pushing back against criticism that Trump’s action could undermine confidence in official U.S. economic data. Read full story

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