Former BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, who was fired after a weak July jobs report, did not directly address Trump's allegations, but thanked her colleagues for their service.

McEntarfer was nominated by Biden in 2023 and confirmed by the Senate in 2024 in a bipartisan 86-8 vote as the 16th commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is part of the Department of ...

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett on Sunday defended President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the head of the ...

Top White House economic advisers on Sunday defended U.S. President Donald Trump's firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, pushing back against criticism that Trump's action could ...

Bill Beach, who led the Bureau of Labor Statistics under Trump, says the president's claim of a rigged report "betrays a ...