A look at the lost-and-found department of the GOP Caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives

 

New York Times, 8/4/2025

Luke Broadwater reports:

In February, Mr. Trump displayed a chart in the Oval Office showing that the United States had gained an estimated 10,000 manufacturing jobs. When the bureau’s March report came out, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, celebrated the “GREAT NEWS!” on social media. 

And as recently as last week, Vice President JD Vance promoted data from the bureau that showed an increase in jobs among U.S.-born residents.\ 

That was then. 

After the bureau put out a less-than-impressive jobs report on Friday, Mr. Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the agency’s commissioner, and claimed the figures were rigged. (In the way of proof, he said it was “my opinion.”)  Now, many Trump allies who walk in lock step with the president are in an awkward position. They have to justify tarnishing the reputation of the very bureau whose work they had cited freely in the past.