Tag: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Trump’s BLS pick is an ‘extreme partisan’ with no technical understanding of data: Jason Furman
President Trump says he will nominate E.J. Antoni, the chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to be…
Trump to nominate longtime skeptic of Bureau of Labor Statistics as new agency head
President Donald Trump announced that he plans to nominate E.J. Antoni, the chief economist at the conservative Heritage…
Maddow Blog | With new labor statistics nominee, Trump heads in a radical and hazardous direction
Up until two weeks ago, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics was a relatively obscure federal office,…
Trump names new BLS head after firing old commissioner amid weak jobs report
Washington — President Trump announced E.J. Antoni as his nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics on…
Trump’s Oval Office chart charade can’t hide the truth
On Thursday, President Donald Trump took a break from gilding the Oval Office to summon the media for…
Trump firing labor statistics head won’t achieve his agenda, says former chief
Donald Trump will need to take more radical action than simply firing the head of the Bureau of…
After BLS firing, Trump leaves clean-up job to successor
Budget constraints and workforce cuts have taken a toll on the Labor Department’s production of economic data. And…
Trump firing of statistics chief puts US data credibility at risk, experts warn
Donald Trump’s firing of the head of the main agency for producing jobs figures risks propelling the US…
Nebraska Republican faces rowdy town hall with questions about Epstein files and fired BLS chief
Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., held a town hall Monday that started with boos shortly after he took the…
Statisticians blast Trump over BLS firing: ‘Dangerous precedent’
Statisticians railed against President Trump on Friday following his decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner…
Republican Senators slam Trump for firing labor statistics chief over weak jobs report
President Trump took to Truth Social this week to announce he'd directed the termination of the head of…
‘It’s either incompetence or political interference’
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Friday slammed the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for a series…