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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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On Friday, President Trump fired the Labor Department official in charge of compiling statistics on employment in America because he did not like the latest jobs report.
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U.S. Hiring Slowed in July, Adding 73,000 Jobs

The labor market showed signs of weakening, with 73,000 jobs added in July and gains for the previous two months revised significantly lower.

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More Than 150,000 Federal Workers Accepted Trump’s Resignation Incentives

A new government estimate, along with a study by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, provides a long-awaited window into the scale of the departures.

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Departing State Department workers outside the agency’s building in Washington this month.
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Fired FEMA Official Files Suit, Saying Board to Hear Worker Disputes Is Paralyzed

Fired employees have struggled to get a judge to hear their cases because Congress set up a separate system to referee such employment disputes.

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The headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington.
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In Japan, Anti-Establishment Parties Resonate With Young Voters

Anti-establishment parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite struck a chord with working-age people in Japan.

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan and other leaders of the Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Monday, a day after the party’s defeat in parliamentary elections.
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A Mill Town Lost Its Mill. What Is It Now?

Locals in Canton, N.C., are trying to figure out what’s next after losing the thing that gave them an identity: their beloved, stinky paper mill.

Demolition of the paper mill in Canton, N.C. For more than a century, the mill provided jobs with good salaries and a strong sense of identity for the town.
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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Hits Senior Care Work Force

Nursing homes and home care agencies have lost workers as the Trump administration has moved to end deportation protections for migrants with temporary legal status.

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Staff members serving food to residents of Sinai Residences, a retirement community in Boca Raton, Fla.
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