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flag President Trump fires Bureau of Labor Statistics head after report of weak July jobs numbers.

flag US President Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, after the bureau reported weak July jobs figures, adding only 73,000 jobs, far below expectations. flag Trump accused McEntarfer, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, of "faking" the statistics. flag The bureau also revised down the May and June job figures by a combined 258,000 jobs. flag Trump claimed the bureau under McEntarfer had overstated job growth figures in the past, but the bureau has not publicly responded to these allegations.

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