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White House says terrible jobs data 'must be a typo'
The White House believes unusual jobs data revisions prove the recently fired Bureau of Labor chief was manipulating ...
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Kristen Welker Makes White House Adviser Watch Clips of Trump Touting Jobs Numbers He Now Says Were ‘Faked’
Kristen Welker confronted National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Meet the Press over President Donald Trump's ...
White House economist calls for 'fresh set of eyes at the BLS' after weak jobs report
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett discusses the latest jobs report, the firing of the labor statistics chief ...
Hassett Hammers Home White House Tariff Talking Points
Kevin Hassett, the director of the White House National Economic Council, was also out Sunday hammering home the message that ...
August 3 — Kevin Hassett and Sen. Alex Padilla
White House National Economic Adviser Kevin Hassett discusses President Trump’s decision to fire the official who oversees ...
'The revisions are hard evidence': White House struggles to justify firing of BLS chief over weak jobs numbers
The firing drew backlash from economists and others fearing that such a move will undermine trust in the key economic data in the future.