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Trump's Nominee to Oversee Jobs and Inflation Data Faces Shower of Criticism

Sen. Patty Murray, a senior Democrat from Washington, on Tuesday slammed Antoni as “an unqualified right-wing extremist” and ...

Scrutiny over monthly jobs report continues with Trump's nominee to lead stats agency

The monthly jobs report is under a microscope as Trump’s nominee to take over the Bureau of Labor Statistics has debated ...

Trump BLS nominee floats ending key jobs report

E.J. Antoni, the conservative economist President Donald Trump named Monday as his pick to lead the nonpartisan Bureau of ...

Treasury's Bessent says he doesn't support suspending monthly jobs reports

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended releasing monthly jobs reports amid accuracy concerns, emphasizing the need for ...

BLS nominee E.J. Antoni suggests suspending monthly jobs reports

Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner nominee E.J. Antoni has suggested suspending monthly jobs reports in favor of more ...

Wall Street Journal Gives Trump A Stern Warning

The Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper urges the president's pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics to "take off his MAGA hat." ...

New Trump Stats Guru Has a Giant Picture of Hitler’s Favorite Ship

Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics has a giant picture of Adolf Hitler’s favorite battleship in his office—and he isn’t afraid to see it. E.J. Antoni has come under fire for ...

Trump's Pick To Oversee Social Security COLA Says 'Need To Sunset' Program

Trump nominated Heritage Foundation economist E.J. Antoni to lead the BLS less than two weeks after firing the agency's former commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, in response to weaker-than-expected job ...