Donald Trump Freaks Out Over Job Numbers, Orders Firing: Live Updates

President Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer, after the agency’s latest jobs report showed the economy’s slowest months of job growth since the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.

“We need accurate Jobs Numbers. I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY. She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified,” Trump wrote on social media on Friday afternoon.

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The jobs report comes as Trump’s signature economic policy, tariffs on global trading partners, are on the verge of going into effect.

The president is also still grappling with backlash on both sides of the aisle over his administration’s handling of information on Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced sex offender and financier who died in 2019 under circumstances many have called into question.

See previous updates here, and read the latest below:

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=https://www.huffpost.com/"https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1952902178785362341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\%22>August 6, 2025</a></blockquote>","type":"embed","common":{"id":"689351f9e4b07e7958a14a57","caption":"<p>Texas Lt. Gov. <a role=\"link\" href=https://www.huffpost.com/"https://www.huffpost.com/topic/dan-patrick/" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-item-name=\"Dan Patrick\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"688d0894e4b022c2fdde8724\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"/topic/dan-patrick\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"689351f9e4b07e7958a14a57\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"package\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\">Dan Patrick</a> justified the GOP's congressional gerrymandering of the state because “we deserve more representation\" as \"we're a red state.”</p><p>Patrick's remarks speak to the Republican Party's determination to ride roughshod over the democratic process in the Lone Star State as it plans to snag five more seats in Congress through an off-schedule redrawing of the electoral map.</p><p>In an interview on Tuesday’s “Hannity” on Fox News, Patrick hit out at Texas Democratic lawmakers who have fled to Illinois to undermine the Republican redistricting efforts.</p><p>“Their problem is they’ve lost the minds of their voters, who are moving towards the Republican Party all over the country. We are a red state, we deserve more representation,\" he said.</p><p>Trump <a href=https://www.huffpost.com/"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/05/trump-texas-redistricting-00493624/" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"claimed Tuesday\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"688d0894e4b022c2fdde8724\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/05/trump-texas-redistricting-00493624\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"689351f9e4b07e7958a14a57\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"package\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\">claimed Tuesday</a> that Republicans are “entitled to five more seats.”</p>","source":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Texas Lt Gov Dan Patrick: "We're a red state. We deserve more representation." <a href=https://www.huffpost.com/"https://t.co/ShVy0YUGme/">pic.twitter.com/ShVy0YUGme

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Texas Lt. Governor Says Republicans 'Deserve' More Seats: 'We're A Red State'

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick justified the GOP's congressional gerrymandering of the state because “we deserve more representation" as "we're a red state.”

Patrick's remarks speak to the Republican Party's determination to ride roughshod over the democratic process in the Lone Star State as it plans to snag five more seats in Congress through an off-schedule redrawing of the electoral map.

In an interview on Tuesday’s “Hannity” on Fox News, Patrick hit out at Texas Democratic lawmakers who have fled to Illinois to undermine the Republican redistricting efforts.

“Their problem is they’ve lost the minds of their voters, who are moving towards the Republican Party all over the country. We are a red state, we deserve more representation," he said.

Trump claimed Tuesday that Republicans are “entitled to five more seats.”

Texas Lt Gov Dan Patrick: "We're a red state. We deserve more representation." pic.twitter.com/ShVy0YUGme
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 6, 2025

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