From PBS NewsHour.

President Trump is expected to nominate a new head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics this week, days after firing Commissioner Erika McEntarfer following the release of a disappointing jobs report. The president dismissed the data as “rigged” and “manipulated for political purposes.” Geoff Bennett discussed more with William Beach, the commissioner of labor statistics during the first Trump term.

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