{"id":159394,"date":"2025-08-04T04:06:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T04:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-lashes-out-at-schumer-as-officials-defend-his-economic-policies-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T04:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T04:06:13","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-president-lashes-out-at-schumer-as-officials-defend-his-economic-policies-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-lashes-out-at-schumer-as-officials-defend-his-economic-policies-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: president lashes out at Schumer as officials defend his economic policies – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump angry over confirmations delay; administration suffers bruising week of poor economic, trade and employment numbers \u2013 key US politics stories from Sunday 3 August at a glance
It has not been a brilliant weekend for Donald Trump. On Sunday administration officials fanned out on US political shows to defend the president\u2019s policies after a bruising week of poor economic, trade and employment numbers that culminated with the firing<\/a> of labor statistics chief Erika McEntarfer.
US trade representative Jamieson Greer said Trump has \u201creal concerns\u201d about the jobs numbers that extend beyond Friday\u2019s report that showed the national economy added 73,000 jobs<\/a> in July, far below expectations. Job growth numbers were revised down by 285,000 for the two previous months as well.
On CBS News\u2019s Face the Nation, Greer defended<\/a> Trump\u2019s decision to fire McEntarfer, a respected statistician, saying: \u201cYou want to be able to have somewhat reliable numbers. There are always revisions, but sometimes you see these revisions go in really extreme ways.\u201d
It comes as the president himself lashed out at Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer<\/a> on social media, telling him: \u201cGO TO HELL!\u201d after a Senate standoff over confirmations.
US trade representative Jamieson Greer has defended the firing of labor statistics chief Erika McEntarfer. \u201cThe president is the president. He can choose who works in the executive branch,\u201d he said on Face the Nation.
Greer was among a host of Trump administration officials who were deployed to defend Trump after a week of bruising economic numbers.
William Beach, who served as Trump\u2019s commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in his first presidency, warned that McEntarfer\u2019s dismissal would undermine confidence in the quality of US economic data.
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The US Senate<\/a> left Washington DC on Saturday night for its month-long August recess without a deal to advance dozens of Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s nominees, calling it quits after days of contentious bipartisan negotiations and the president taking to social media to tell Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer<\/a> to \u201cGO TO HELL!\u201d
Without a deal in hand, Republicans say they may try to change Senate rules when they return in September to speed up the pace of confirmations. Trump has been pressuring senators to move quickly as Democrats blocked more nominees than usual this year, denying any fast unanimous consent votes and forcing roll calls on each one, a lengthy process that can take several days per nominee.
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In a new court filing, attorneys for the Trump administration denied the existence of a daily quota for immigration arrests, despite reports and prior statements<\/a> from White House officials about pursuing a goal of at least 3,000 deportations or deportation arrests per day.
Lawyers representing the US justice department said that the Department of Homeland Security had confirmed that \u201cneither Ice leadership nor its field offices have been directed to meet any numerical quota or target for arrests, detentions, removals, field encounters, or any other operational activities that Ice or its components undertake in the course of enforcing federal immigration law.\u201d
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The US Senate<\/a> has confirmed Jeanine Pirro<\/a> \u2013 a former Fox News host and staunch Donald Trump ally who boosted lies that he lost the 2020 presidential race because of electoral fraudsters \u2013 as the top federal prosecutor for the nation\u2019s capital.
Pirro \u2013 a former New York state district attorney and county judge who joined Fox News in 2011 \u2013 was confirmed on Saturday in a 50-45<\/a> vote along party lines.
In a statement issued by Pirro after the vote, the Republican said she was \u201cblessed\u201d to have been confirmed as the US attorney for Washington DC. \u201cGet ready for a real crime fighter,\u201d said Pirro\u2019s statement<\/a>, which called the US attorney\u2019s office she had been confirmed to lead the largest in the country.
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The Smithsonian says it will restore Trump impeachment exhibits<\/a><\/strong> <\/a>in \u201ccoming weeks\u201d.
Bizarre public appearances again <\/a>cast doubt on Trump\u2019s mental acuity<\/a><\/strong>.
Legal cases could prise open Epstein cache<\/a><\/strong> despite Trump\u2019s blocking effort.
Texas Democrats are fleeing the state<\/a> to prevent a vote on Monday<\/strong> that could see five new Republican-leaning seats created in the House of Representatives.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 2 August.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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