The Bureau of Labor Statistics has been thrust into the spotlight after President Trump criticized its federal jobs report ...

President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” ...

President Trump fired the BLS chair Erika McEntarfer on Friday, claiming without evidence that jobs data was manipulated, and ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics last week issued a steep downward revision to May and June's hiring numbers, prompting ...

The interim Bureau of Labor Statistics head emailed staff, passing along a message from fired commissioner Erika McEntarfer.

The agency has faced tighter budgets, falling response rates to its surveys and a staff shortage.

Until Friday, McEntarfer was the country’s commissioner of labor statistics, a vital, though largely behind-the-scenes, role ...

Trump fired the previous head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after he was unhappy with a weaker-than-expected July jobs ...

President Trump fired the BLS commissioner after a disappointing July jobs report. The BLS is an independent agency that operates under the Labor Department. BLS jobs data comes from surveys of U.S.

Economists across the political spectrum are sounding the alarm over President Trump’s decision to fire the Labor Department’s top statistician in response to a stalled-out July jobs report that ...

The president has not commented on his policy priorities—including immigration, government efficiency, trade, and AI ...