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Fired economist: President Trump said he would appoint a new commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics “over the next three, four days,” to replace Erika McEntarfer, the official he fired on Friday after the agency released a downbeat jobs report. Kevin Hassett, the director of the White House National Economic Council, said on Sunday that Mr. Trump “wants his own people” in staff positions at the agency. Read more ›
