Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers ...

A spokesperson for BLS confirmed that McEntarfer “was terminated today” and that Deputy Commissioner William Wiatrowski will ...

William Beach, who was Trump’s first-term Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, called the firing "baseless" and "damaging" in a letter co-signed by Erica Groshen, who preceded Beach and was ...

One group, whose leadership includes two former BLS commissioners, called on Congress to respond immediately and investigate ...

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers blasted President Donald Trump's firing of a top Bureau of Labor Statistics official.

Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has been fired after releasing a jobs report that ...

Read more › Two days after President Trump fired the top labor official in charge of compiling statistics on employment, ...

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

President Trump on Friday accused the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Erika McEntarfer of faking jobs numbers, ...

Erika McEntarfer led the agency that produced key data on jobs and inflation. Then July’s report showed a weakening economy, ...

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) tells Meet the Press “an investigation is certainly in order” after President Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer hours after a weak jobs ...

McEntarfer led the Bureau of Labor Statistics through rocky times before the president dismissed her after an ugly jobs ...