Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said on Sunday he would support an investigation into President Trump’s firing of the ...

Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), whom President Trump fired following a dismal jobs ...

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 President Donald Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor ...

"The president wants his own people there," economic adviser Kevin Hassett said about the firing of the BLS commissioner.

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said President Trump accusing Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer of “faking” the July jobs report for political purposes was “preposterous ...

A former commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics appointed by President Donald Trump said Trump's accusations against the agency are false.

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

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 ...

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