Former Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill and Puck News Chief Political Columnist John Heilemann join Nicolle Wallace to ...

President Donald Trump nominated conservative economist E.J. Antoni to fill the top spot at the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

E.J. Antoni, a staunch critic of the agency, had emerged in recent days as a favorite candidate among some influential Trump ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he was nominating economist E.J. Antoni as the new Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

Like any government agency, the BLS is a thoroughly political entity. And yet Donald Trump’s critics are right to be worried.

Here's why firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner could undermine trust in indicators the government releases and ...

Government economic data can no longer be trusted or relied upon under this administration. That has consequences.

Statisticians are worried Trump’s actions targeting statistics agencies could permanently undermine trust in federal data.

Trump fired the previous U.S. commissioner of Labor Statistics after the department reported the U.S. added a disappointing 73,000 jobs in July.

President Donald Trump on Monday nominated economist E.J. Antoni as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an agency he has criticized.

E.J. Antoni, Trump's pick as commissioner of Labor Statistics, recently endorsed halting monthly jobs reports until the methodology is changed.

The announcement comes after Trump fired the previous Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, claiming without evidence that the July jobs report was "rigged." ...