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 ...

The firing drew backlash from economists and others fearing that such a move will undermine trust in the key economic data in the future.

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

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Kristen Welker confronted National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Meet the Press over President Donald Trump's firing of the top jobs data official this week.

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, went a step further, calling McEntarfer’s dismissal “the stuff of fascist dictatorships.” A statement by “The Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics,” co-signed by ...

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 on Friday (Saturday in Manila) fired a top Labor Department official on the heels of a market-shocking ...

Sen. Alex Padilla, a California Democrat, says an investigation into the firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner ...

President Trump's removal of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Erika McEntarfer has sparked controversy, with critics arguing ...