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Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner fired by Trump?

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

Mint on MSN · 8d

Who is Erika McEntarfer fired by Donald Trump as head of Labor Statistics department? Why was she asked to step down?

Erika McEntarfer was a longtime US government employee who bore the brunt of President Trump’s unhappiness with Friday’s jobs report. She had served as the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) head for a year and a half.

MSNBC · 11h

Trump to nominate longtime skeptic of Bureau of Labor Statistics as new agency head

President Donald Trump announced that he plans to nominate E.J. Antoni, the chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Trump said in a Truth Social post that "E.

Trump, BLS

Salon on MSN · 10h

Economists stunned at Trump’s “completely unqualified” BLS pick: “Disastrously terrible”

The post Economists stunned at Trump’s “completely unqualified” BLS pick: “Disastrously terrible” appeared first on Salon.com. "This doddering old man has no idea where he is or what he’s talking about," one congressman said.

Opinion

The New Republic on MSN · 10h

Trump’s BLS Chief Pick Has Chilling Solution to Terrible Jobs Numbers

Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics is ready and willing to help him rig economic data.

POLITICO on MSN · 1d

Trump taps Heritage economist to lead BLS

I know E.J. Antoni will do an incredible job in this new role.” The announcement comes a little more than a week after Trump fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after claiming without evidence that she had rigged labor market data to boost Democrats.

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BLS Commissioner Nominee’s Suggestion to Suspend Monthly Jobs Report Is ‘Like Gouging Our Eyes Out’

William Beach, the former Trump-appointed BLS commissioner, expressed skepticism that Antoni or any BLS commissioner would ...

What to know about Erika McEntarfer, the BLS commissioner fired by Trump

President Trump's federal hiring freeze and decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer raise ...

Opinion

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Tom Saler: Government workers like fired BLS commissioner are often overlooked, unappreciated

Saving taxpayer money, saving lives and finding novel solutions to meaningful problems is what government workers do every day.

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Trump’s baseless ‘manipulated’ data claim in firing BLS chief Erika McEntarfer follows long history

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 ...

New York Magazine on MSN8d

Trump’s Firing of BLS Chief Is Bound to Backfire

What happens next can only go wrong for him and the U.S. Here’s what experts and critics are arguing in the aftermath.

Cryptopolitan on MSN11d

Trump fired BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer after a weak July jobs report showed only 73,000 jobs added

Donald Trump has fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer, today, accusing her of ...

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Erika McEntarfer educational qualification and career path: How an economist rose to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics before being fired by Trump

Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was controversially fired by US President Donald Trump ...

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Trump nominates EJ Antoni for BLS chief after firing predecessor over jobs report

"Our Economy is booming, and E.J. will ensure that the Numbers released are HONEST and ACCURATE," the president said.

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