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Topic: Bureau of Labor Statistics

President-Elect Donald Trump at the Elysee Palace on December 7, 2024 in Paris, France. (Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)

White House won't release jobs report

Blaise Malley
President Donald Trump holds a chart which reads "Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Overestimates Biden Jobs by Nearly 1.5 Million" in the Oval Office on August 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump team spins brutal jobs report

Garrett Owen
President Donald Trump speaks to the media on the South Lawn of the White House. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Fired Labor stats chief should sue Trump

Sabrina Haake
Former Treasury Secretary & White House Economic Advisor Larry Summers. (Robin Marchant/Getty Images)

Summers: Trump worse than Nixon

Alex Galbraith
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Trader Joe's store (JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

TJ's has raised its banana prices

Joy Saha
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Caregivers hit hard by Covid-19

Stephanie Stapleton - KFF Health News
Striking Chicago public school teachers and their supporters march through the Loop on October 17, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

13 different strikes in the last week

Michael Arria - In These Times
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Uncle Joe has a long record, not so good

Bob Hennelly
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Elizabeth Rose, a specialist with Lehman Brothers MarketMakers, works her post on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Sept. 15, 2008. (AP/David Karp)

U.S. Banksters heist $12 trillion

Bob Hennelly
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Does a GDP bump help the middle class?

Bob Hennelly
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Employment hype masks a real crisis

Robert Hennelly
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Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
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Brendan Gauthier
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Robert Hennelly
Dozens of job seekers line up to enter a job fair in New York. (AP)

Unemployment down

Luke Brinker
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Associated Press
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Job seekers wait in line during a job fair in Portland, Ore., on April 24. (AP/Rick Bowmer)

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
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Natasha Lennard

Jillian Rayfield
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