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

President Trump said he ordered his administration to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after the ...

Erika McEntarfer was a longtime US government employee who bore the brunt of President Trump’s unhappiness with Friday’s jobs ...

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

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

The head of the agency that compiles the closely watched monthly jobs report usually toils in obscurity, but on Friday, the current holder of that job was loudly fired by the president of the United ...

President Donald Trump defended his decision in firing Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, claiming the ...

President Donald Trump took a step many economists had feared: firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the nonpartisan agency that collects a wide range of closely watched employment and ...

President Trump said he directed his team to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics head Erika McEntarfer following a dismal jobs ...

The BLS produces data relied on by businesses and policymakers, including the Fed.

Trump fires BLS head Erika McEntarfer over "rigged" jobs report, raising concerns about economic data integrity and agency independence.

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