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The U.S. economic news is bad, so President Donald Trump is shooting the messenger. On Friday, after the Bureau for Labor Statistics’ surprisingly weak monthly jobs report suggested his tariff war was having a brutal impact on U.S. hiring, Trump announced that he was firing widely respected BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer. Here are live updates on yet another unprecedented power grab by the president and its impact.

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