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Trump Fires Official Over Jobs Report, Echoing an Authoritarian Playbook

Trump Fires Official Over Jobs Report, Echoing an Authoritarian Playbook

In firing the head of the agency that collects employment statistics, the president underscored his tendency to suppress facts he doesn’t like and promote his own version of reality.

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