Trump defended firing BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer, sparking tense exchange with CNBC’s Joe Kernen on "Squawk Box" over ...

Treasury Secretary Bessent defended President Trump's decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) head Erika McEntarfer after unprecedented downward revisions to May and June jobs figures ...

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

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

The network’s senior economics reporter said Donald Trump wants to turn the Bureau of Labor Statistics into state propaganda.

President Donald Trump was laughed at and fact-checked live on CNBC during a wild phone interview in which he claimed the ...

CNBC news anchor Joe Kernen confronted President Trump over firing the top labor statistics chief, saying it "undermines confidence in the system." ...

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

Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after jobs report. In a Truth Social post, the U.S. president accused BLS ...

Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner has raised fears that government employment data, used to make major economic policy decisions, will become politicized.

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

Not known for keeping cool and collected when presented with a challenge, President Ketchup-on-the-walls lashed out at CNBC's ...