Dubious interns listed in White House economic report

This year's Economic Report of the United States President credits an unusual group of interns that includes the alter egos of Batman, Spider-Man and Captain America, Monty Python alumnus John Cleese, Kathryn Janeway from "Star Trek: Voyager" and the corpulent Star Wars villain Jabba the Hutt.

These names are credited with helping to assemble the 711-page report issued Tuesday on the health of the US economy and President Donald Trump's economic agenda.

The names appear to be following a similar prank in the intern listing for the 2018 report, in which "Star Trek" luminaries James T Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard worked for the White House Council of Economic Advisers.

The Twitter account maintained by the council acknowledged the joke Tuesday afternoon.

"Thank you for noticing, our interns are indeed super heroes!" the tweet said. "We've thought so all along, but we knew it'd take a little more to get them the attention they deserve. They have made significant contributions to the Economic Report of the President and do so every day at CEA."