Kevin Hassett said the president wants his own people at the agency to provide “more transparent and reliable” jobs data.

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Sunday defended Donald Trump’s decision to fire Bureau of Labor ...

Bill Beach said the president's suggestions that the jobs report was rigged betrayed a misunderstanding in how those numbers ...

U.S. President Donald Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of faking employment data to all-time highs before the ...

"He needs someone to blame," Trump ally turned critic Chris Christie said after the president fired Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Erika McEntarfer.

Kevin Hassett, a Trump official floated as the next Fed Chair, claimed the jobs report’s revisions shows the numbers are ...

Economists are defending Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer, who was fired by President Donald Trump on ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will announce a new head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics within three or four ...

McEntarfer was nominated by Biden in 2023 and confirmed by the Senate in 2024 in a bipartisan 86-8 vote as the 16th ...

President Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the latest job report showed hiring slowed in ...

It is too soon to know whether the United States is on a similar path. But economists and other experts said that Mr. Trump’s ...

Trump fires the Director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for low employment figures that do not meet expectations.