President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” Yet revisions by the BLS were neither historic nor evidence of corruption.

President Trump on Sunday defended his decision to fire Erika McEntarfer, the now former commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mr. Trump accused her, without providing evidence, of rigging the July jobs report.

P resident Donald Trump was headed late Sunday back to Washington, where he says he's expecting this week to hire a new commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The president's envoy is expected to travel this week to Russia, as the White House continues pushing for negotiations to end Moscow's war in Ukraine.