President Trump on Friday accused the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Erika McEntarfer of faking jobs 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 fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after a disappointing July jobs report showed only 73,000 jobs ...

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who as Labor Secretary oversees the BLS, wrote on social media that she supports Trump’s decision to ...

President Trump said he directed his team to fire the top Bureau of Labor Statistics official after the bureau issued a weak ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported earlier on Friday that the US had added 73,000 jobs in July, far lower than expected.

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

The report also revised down job growth estimates for May and June, slashing a combined total of 258,000 jobs from earlier ...

Trump fires the Director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for low employment figures that do not meet expectations.

Erika McEntarfer, a longtime government employee, bore the brunt of President Donald Trump’s unhappiness with Friday’s jobs report.

President Donald Trump claimed in a post on his social media platform that the figures were manipulated for political reasons ...