The data come after economists have expressed concern that the Trump Administration’s flip-flopping tariff policies and sweeping layoffs at federal agencies could slow economic growth. Some Democratic lawmakers slammed the Administration upon the release of the Labor Department’s report.

President Trump on Friday fired the head of the government agency that produces the monthly jobs report, claiming without evidence she was biased against him.

President Trump said he will fire the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the independent government agency reported weak jobs numbers for July and the preceding month. Why it matters: Trump is turning his ire about poor jobs numbers on the number-crunchers.

Public polls indicate that roughly 60 percent of the American public disapprove of Trump’s handling of the situation. A paltry 16 percent approve, according to a Washington Post poll released this week.

President Donald Trump was taken aback by speculation that he was personally involved in Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 jail cell death, author Michael Wolff said on the latest edition of. The biographer said the lingering controversy over Trump’s ties to Epstein resulted in the president having to deny culpability for his one-time friend’s demise.

President Donald Trump called a friend within the last two days to vent about rumors that he ordered Jeffrey Epstein killed in his jail cell, his biographer said Saturday. Michael Wolff, who wrote the Trump White House exposé “Fire and Fury,