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In authoritarian regimes, good numbers are always right.

After President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, economists and statisticians across the board were horrified. Because the firing raises the spectre of potential ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Tucked toward the back of “Memorial Coliseum: 75 Years as Monument, Stage, and Arena” — a new book chronicling the history of the Lexington landmark — a ...

Pukapuka’s Koree Tinga has fulfilled a lifelong dream — publishing a comprehensive cultural resource book written in the Pukapukan language. ‘Te Ulu o te Watu- Taku Nunuminga’, is a book that has ...

Thanks to Trump, you’ll find America in our rearview mirror Republicans in Congress have capitulated to a circus boss who is no longer running the show ...

A closer look at an illustrated history of Memorial Coliseum, a Lexington landmark and the home of UK men’s basketball from 1950 to 1976.

President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam,” accusing one of the top overseers of government statistics of cooking ...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — The Grand Island Public Library is spicing things up with the return of its Cooking the Books Book Club for a third series, set to kick off on Saturday, August 9, 2025 at 12 p.m.

That set off a firestorm of criticism, with Democrats arguing the report called for "cooking the books" and that it would hurt lower- and middle-income households.

The BLS is a 2,000-strong army of nerds who have a huge—but quiet— sway over the global economy based in large part on the confidence that they don’t cook the books.