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White House senior adviser Kevin Hassett speaks with reporters at the White House, Friday, May 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kevin Hassett, W.H. adviser, blown away by better-than-expected private jobs report

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

White House senior adviser Kevin Hassett removes his mask to speak with reporters at the White House, Friday, May 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kevin Hassett: White House eyeing another round of direct payments to Americans

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

White House senior adviser Kevin Hassett walks with a mask on to speak with reporters at the White House, Friday, May 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kevin Hassett: Unemployment rate could be ‘north of 20%’ in May

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

White House senior adviser Kevin Hassett speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, May 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kevin Hassett: ‘I disagree’ with Jay Powell, recovery shouldn’t take until end of 2021

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

White House senior adviser Kevin Hassett arrives for a meeting between President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, May 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Kevin Hassett, White House economic adviser, expects 20% unemployment rate before recovery

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Vice President Mike Pence talks to workers at the GE Healthcare manufacturing facility Tuesday April 21, 2020, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Kevin Hassett: Q2 GDP will be biggest negative number since Great Depression

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

White House Council of Economic Advisers chairman Kevin Hassett speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Kevin Hassett to leave post as White House economic adviser

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Outgoing chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers Kevin Hassett talks to reporters outside the White House, Monday, June 3, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Kevin Hassett, Trump economic adviser, says a 25% tariff would hurt American economy

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Outgoing chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers Kevin Hassett talks to reporters outside the White House, Monday, June 3, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Trump says top White House economist Kevin Hassett leaving

Associated Press

In this Dec. 3, 2018, file photo, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin talks with reporters at the White House in Washington. Trump says he has confidence in Mnuchin, calling him a "very talented guy" and a "very smart person." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Kevin Hassett bucks reports of Trump souring on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 13, 2018 photo, President Donald Trump listens during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

White House celebrates one-year anniversary of GOP tax cuts

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Kevin Hassett, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: White House’s selective reading on economy

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during the Public Safety Medal of Valor awards ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s first economic report forecasts strong growth

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Illustration on the delayed confirmation of Kevin Hassett by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Kevin Hassett should be confirmed for Council of Economic Advisers

By John R. Lott Jr.

Stan Veuger, a resident scholar at the Washington-based think tank AEI and one of the authors of a report that shot down the scientific analysis used in the NFL's "Wells Report" probe of underinflated footballs. (Courtesy AEI)

The Conversation: AEI’s Stan Veuger on debunking science of “Deflategate” report

By Nora Princiotti - The Washington Times

In this file photo, President Barack Obama waved May 17 as he arrived to deliver the commencement speech during the 2009 graduation ceremony at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. This Friday, he will address graduates of the Naval Academy. (Associated Press) **FILE**

EDITORIAL: The leaning ivory tower

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times