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Labor Agency Watchdog to Review Hurdles to Statistics Bureau’s Work

The review comes weeks after President Trump fired the head of the statistics agency after an unexpectedly weak monthly jobs report.

© Jessica Pons for The New York Times

Data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics came to President Trump’s attention after an unexpectedly weak jobs report. The downward revisions in 2024 and early 2025, with about a million fewer job created, were broad based, but were particularly pronounced in the services sector.
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Immigration Raid Exposes Tensions From Seoul to Washington to Rural Georgia

The raid at a Georgia plant being built with heavy investment from South Korea reveals strain as a rush to expand manufacturing in the United States clashes with an immigration crackdown.

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Vehicles move on the line at the Hyundai Motor Group plant in Ellabell, Ga. in March. Another part of that complex, still under construction, was raided on Thursday.
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