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last year the president fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which produces the monthly job numbers, baselessly calling the labor market data “rigged.”
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Last year, President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and called the labor market data 'rigged'.
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News Article
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{
    "action": "fired head",
    "person": "Donald Trump",
    "organization": "Bureau of Labor Statistics",
    "attributed_quote": "rigged"
}
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Government US Politics Personnel
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September 18, 2026 at 1:17 AM (3 weeks ago)
Last Updated
September 18, 2026 at 1:17 AM (3 weeks ago)

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Billions in Taxes Go Unpaid. Under Trump, the I.R.S. Won’t Say How Much.
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https://nytimes.com/2026/09/16/business/trump-irs-tax-gap.html

The Trump administration has delayed the publication of the annual IRS estimate of unpaid taxes, making it difficult to assess the fiscal cost of the decline in the agency's ability to audit the rich. This delay is part of a broader pattern of the administration stopping or changing federal data measurements.

Tax Policy IRS Trump Administration Tax Gap Government Transparency Audits Fiscal Policy

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