{"id":45780,"date":"2025-08-05T17:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/45780\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T17:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:06:09","slug":"opinion-social-securitys-cola-is-now-at-risk-after-trumps-shock-firing-at-the-labor-department-marketwatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/45780\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Social Security\u2019s COLA is now at risk after Trump\u2019s shock firing at the Labor Department &#8211; MarketWatch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxQZEtwMHdndk1ZaGVFa2swZGJXZU1JQUV4ckNJcUhmZWV0cm5rallhRFB2QzFjTEdRQ05SYjk5d25NaTRQWG9EVUh3RWUwbU5XR0UxRkc3dHZLc0lTUVhlc3lvTWl1ZnkzbkZtWVVoR3IwTHhUUDh3b2dxWkVacnh4Nzl5VUROM1U5UDRqZEg2RGVmc1R3WVZzRWM5ODZJeGtDcFdDTG1NSU9OamxYcTdyMDlURVY1WnVYT04yU2hB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Opinion: Social Security\u2019s COLA is now at risk after Trump\u2019s shock firing at the Labor Department<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;MarketWatch<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiyAFBVV95cUxNV194cXRqbVRTRmcwd0dmTENBczROdzMycXJiTDd3U0VmWlItNEVrckRPal9ySHphczRoVnRlSVA2WVdpV2QtR1lqcXNfYVZTYnhUZWxmLW1tUFRRNFNhNE4tNHU1dnVHMnMwU0xsMDJWd2Jya1BxZHQ5RzNjTVUtRER5RjdoUjlseG5aTEx3dy1ZUFBSSzlma0tmYTc4M1czSTNWRW5oZnpRRl9Mam5kVnJSUC14WnFncG9HUnNqdWlZZ1NMRzBGNw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Donald Trump wants to be the sole arbiter of truth \u2026 just like a real dictator<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Sydney Morning Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxOMGZBMUItR0dKMHpEMWNVV1F5UjN6V1lKUFlNTXdiS2Q5MWdWVmRrbDVDTWVfTzE4WDBBQ3JPdmlTXzJWSEhGZFFjQUczelhqZjJRb1ZtR2d2NjdneThpZWltNGs2SDk5NjJBNHA2R3c0ZFE3RUU2STI0aDduaGQxbTZhX3NWb3RyYjVzSm5YNlRtOWZ1N3oydGo2NlBfMTNPVlE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">I was the US labor secretary. Trump\u2019s latest firing undermines a key agency | Robert Reich<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxNbGJiZjFNTlg2eFhweUcyQktic2F0SVEzRTJKZDVWcnJFWUtIVW84TmotMmd4MHJQM2ExVHdRUUttMG1rbmJtTHZqUjl4T3hSUDlBV3ctVHFBVVJ4c0owMXhLbGlzLU1hRmhPX0E0Z0p3aV80Q2d1c1I4VW5VX25BeUdLODVvZ3Y2Zl83R2VsZWNYZ3ZRUndCU3lqUWx0STBObFYwMnd0Wk9YdXZPSnEwS3RkNEMxNHFKdVgzNEhFM1ZHUdIBVkFVX3lxTE1LZGkxWEczT25PdXg2TVBTTUI0V0JfUG1RM2dDVm1YRlNKTldOZ05MZWdQdF9CMmdVdHZvUUlpd2lxbVJuRk5FVEluV1pKSEdpSG44cHd3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett defends Trump&#8217;s firing of labor statistics head<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxQdUxkRTNzdFBXeEtiUTJsNmhLY051ZXY5ZnZkTV9NdFQwODkwNVV6VG5hTjJTZFpGb283LTZFOGUtajY2UXlCYWpfYlF4bVhSU0dJZUM3ZGdMUHA2OEFOeE9NaVB1MEdfUzdNMFhMSUw1RFU0S00tYVVVQk85TEVrUWJpQXc0X2NQT3I0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Opinion | Firing the BLS commissioner will come back to haunt Trump<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Opinion: Social Security\u2019s COLA is now at risk after Trump\u2019s shock firing at the Labor Department&nbsp;&nbsp;MarketWatchDonald Trump wants&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[64,63,99,186,184,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-45780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-finance","12":"tag-personal-finance","13":"tag-personalfinance"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}