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8:30 PM ET, August 1, 2025

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NBC News:
Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after weak jobs report  —  The president implied that the BLS commissioner, longtime federal employee Erika McEntarfer, manipulated the data “for political purposes.”  —  President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the firing of the head of the Bureau …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Fires Labor Statistics Head, Prompting Concerns About Data  —  President Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after a report showed weak job growth, prompting outcries from economists and policymakers over the integrity of the data going forward.
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics to be fired after weaker-than-expected jobs figures slam markets  —  President Donald Trump on Friday fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, hours after the agency reported that job growth in the U.S. had slowed to a near-halt.
Associated Press:
US employers slash hiring as Trump advances a punishing trade agenda  —  U.S. hiring is slowing sharply as President Donald Trump's erratic and radical trade policies paralyze businesses and raise doubts about the outlook for the world's largest economy.  The Labor Department reported Friday …
Paul Schroeder / The Friends of the Bureau …:
Statement on Commissioner McEntarfer's Removal  —  Today, President Trump called into question the integrity of the Employment Situation report that the BLS released this morning.  He accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of deliberately reporting false numbers to reflect poorly on this administration.
Discussion: The Hill and ABC News
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
U.S. added just 73,000 jobs in July and numbers for prior months were revised much lower … Nonfarm payroll growth was slower than expected in July and the unemployment rate ticked higher, raising potential trouble signs for the U.S. labor market as President Donald Trump ramps up tariffs.
Associated Press:
Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report  —  President Donald Trump on Friday removed the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was much weaker in May and June than previously reported.
Paul Krugman:
Caracas on the Potomac  —  What I wrote just before Trump took office  —  If stagflation breaks out under an authoritarian regime, but officials aren't allowed to report the numbers, did it make a sound?  —  Over the past six months we've watched institution after institution corrupted by the Trump administration.
Discussion: The Hill and Reuters
CNN:
Trump fires a senior official over jobs numbers
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Trump Shoots the Messenger
Discussion: Axios
Neil Irwin / Axios:   Trump says he will fire labor statistics chief after weak jobs report
NBC News:   Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report
Alex Leary / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Orders Firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Chief After Weak Jobs Report
Discussion: CBS News, Politico and Fox News
Politico:
Trump fires statistics chief after soft jobs report
Allison Gill / The Breakdown:
EXCLUSIVE: Someone Waived Ghislaine Maxwell's Sex Offender Status to Move Her to a Minimum Security Camp in Texas  —  About an hour ago, CNN and NBC reported that Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum security camp in Texas.  —  According to sources who have spoken on the condition of anonymity …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Ghislaine Maxwell Moved to Minimum-Security Women's Prison in Texas  —  The longtime Epstein associate, now serving a 20-year sentence, was relocated from a federal prison in Florida about a week after being interviewed by a Justice Department official.  —  Ghislaine Maxwell …
Discussion: Axios and Democrats
Ben Kochman / New York Post:
Ghislaine Maxwell is quietly moved to cushy new Texas prison as she pushes for deal to tell all on Epstein, his associates  —  Ghislaine Maxwell has quietly been moved to a far more favorable Texas prison camp as she hashes out a possible deal to divulge secrets about her sex-crimes accomplice Jeffrey Epstein.
New York Sun:
EXCLUSIVE: Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's Longtime Associate, Is Moved From Florida to a Prison in Texas  —  The quiet transfer comes as her attorneys are seeking for her to receive a pardon or commutation from President Trump in exchange for her cooperation in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Comer says he will postpone Ghislaine Maxwell testimony  —  The scheduled congressional deposition of Ghislaine Maxwell, a co-conspirator of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is indefinitely postponed, House Oversight Chair James Comer said Friday.  In a letter to Maxwell …
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, is transferred to a prison camp in Texas
CPB:
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Addresses Operations Following Loss of Federal Funding  —  The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissions package and the release …
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Jason Leopold / Bloomberg:
The FBI Redacted Trump's Name in the Epstein Files  —  The bureau's FOIA team tasked with conducting a final review of the records blacked out the names before higher-ups said last month that releasing the documents ‘would not be appropriate or warranted.’ … ‘The most transparent administration in history’
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Says He Ordered Subs Repositioned in Rare Nuclear Threat to Russia  —  In a social media post, the president described the move as a deterrent prompted by threats by a former Russian leader.  It is unclear if any submarines did actually change position.
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Ryan Patrick Jones / Reuters:
Trump orders nuclear submarines moved near Russia
Washington Post:
Trump fires official over jobs report; moves submarines as warning to Russia
Discussion: New York Times
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Adriana D. Kugler submits resignation as a member of the Federal Reserve Board, effective August 8, 2025  —  For release at 3:30 p.m. EDT  —  The Federal Reserve Board announced on Friday that Adriana D. Kugler will step down from her position as governor of the Federal Reserve Board, effective August 8, 2025.
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
SCOTUS Could Be Set to End Key Protection for Minority Voters  —  The U.S. Supreme Court escalated the high-stakes redistricting battle in Louisiana by ordering new legal briefings on whether intentionally creating a second majority-Black congressional district — to comply with the Voting Rights Act …
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Alex Sundby / CBS News:
4 killed in bar shooting in Anaconda, Montana; authorities searching for suspect  —  Four people were killed in a shooting at a bar in Anaconda, Montana, on Friday, authorities said.  A suspect is at large.  —  The Montana Division of Criminal Investigation confirmed to CBS News …
New York Times:
‘Can We Extradite Him?’  How U.S. Officials Grappled With the Release of a Triple Murderer  —  The decision to free an American convicted of murder in a prisoner swap with Venezuela threatened to undercut President Trump's claims of keeping the worst of the worst out of the United States.
Washington Post:
Tesla found partially liable for fatal 2019 crash, hit with $243 million in damages  —  The outcome, including $200 milliion in punitive damages, is a stunning rebuke for Tesla, which for years has fought to absolve itself of responsibility when its driver-assistance technology is involved in a crash.
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
ChatGPT users shocked to learn their chats were in Google search results … Faced with mounting backlash, OpenAI removed a controversial ChatGPT feature that caused some users to unintentionally allow their private—and highly personal—chats to appear in search results.
 
 
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