WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he has ordered the firing of Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), accusing her of ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 542.4 points, or 1.23 percent, to 43,588.58. The S&P 500 declined 1.6 percent to 6,238.01, and the Nasdaq Composite slid 2.24 percent to 20,650.13.