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The president is eliminating top government statisticians and data collection efforts he doesn’t like, raising alarms about ...
President Trump's budget proposal for the 2026 fiscal year would eliminate the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which serves more than six million Americans.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has reignited concerns about political interference in future jobs data after saying the independence of statistical agencies was “nonsense” and the main focus should ...
President Donald Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics was among the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, ...
The story of President Donald Trump’s first seven months back in office is the consolidation of power. He has bulldozed the ...
An index of global equity markets rose to a record high for the second straight session on Wednesday, partly underpinned by ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended releasing monthly jobs reports amid accuracy concerns, emphasizing the need for ...
This week, Trump named E. J. Antoni, the chief economist at the Heritage Foundation, as McEntarfer’s replacement, subject to the charade of Senate Republican rubber-stamping that has become so common ...
He saw what his caddy did to improve his score; he knows even more personally why he fired Commissioner McEntarfer. We also ...
The BLS has failed to modernize, and its methods are deficient. The jobs number and its revisions do not meet accepted ...
Political interference in economic data threatens the business foundation that companies depend on for planning, forecasting, ...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was pressed on Tuesday after President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggested the agency suspend its monthly jobs report.