Staff at the Bureau of Labor Statistics called President Donald Trump's firing of its commissioner “depressing” and “CRAZY!!” ...

President Donald Trump has, since he first returned to the White House in January, been on a steady march toward ...

Donald Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer because he said she rigged the numbers to make ...

Dr. Erika McEntarfer was fired by President Trump as commissioner of labor statistics at the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Aug. 1, 2025.

William Beach, the former Trump-appointed BLS commissioner, expressed skepticism that Antoni or any BLS commissioner would ...

President Donald Trump nominated a conservative economist to head the agency that compiles and publishes employment and ...

Erika McEntarfer led the agency that produced key data on jobs and inflation. Then July’s report showed a weakening economy, ...

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The nomination is already drawing sharp pushback from economists. Jason Furman, a former chief economic adviser in the Obama White House, called Antoni “completely unqualified” and “an extreme ...