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The Bureau of Labor Statistics has been thrust into the spotlight after President Trump criticized its federal jobs report ...
President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” ...
President Donald Trump fired the nation’s top labor statistics official over the weekend while igniting a political firestorm ...
President Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner on Friday. The reason cited, though it lacked evidence, was ...
President Trump fired the BLS chair Erika McEntarfer on Friday, claiming without evidence that jobs data was manipulated, and ...
Trump fired the Biden-appointed BLS head Erica McEntarfer Friday after June's revised jobs report showed little growth.
President Trump fired the BLS commissioner after a disappointing July jobs report. The BLS is an independent agency that operates under the Labor Department. BLS jobs data comes from surveys of U.S.
Most economists say that the Bureau of Labor Statistics is a nonpolitical agency staffed by people obsessed with getting the ...
President Trump’s pick to run the federal agency that produces the critical U.S. jobs report might not be able to make it ...
William Beach, who was Trump’s first-term Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, called the firing “baseless” and “damaging” in a letter co-signed by Erica Groshen, who preceded Beach and was ...
The president has not commented on his policy priorities—including immigration, government efficiency, trade, and AI ...