Trump fired the previous U.S. commissioner of Labor Statistics after the department reported the U.S. added a disappointing 73,000 jobs in July.

President Donald Trump nominated conservative economist E.J. Antoni to fill the top spot at the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

President Trump announced E.J. Antoni as his nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Monday, after he fired the ...

President Donald Trump on Monday nominated economist E.J. Antoni as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an agency ...

Trump nominated E.J. Antoni two weeks after firing Erika McEntarfer, accusing her of rigging job report numbers to make him ...

Trump fired Erika McEntarfer Aug. 1 after the July jobs report showed hiring slowed sharply this spring, with job gains in ...

U.S. President Donald Trump named EJ Antoni, chief economist of the conservative Heritage Foundation, to lead the Bureau of ...

President Donald Trump named EJ Antoni, chief economist of the conservative Heritage Foundation, to lead the Bureau of Labor ...

Donald Trump named EJ Antoni, chief economist of the conservative Heritage Foundation, to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

President Trump, who claimed former BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of manipulating jobs data, said Antoni would release ...

Ari Melber reports on "The Beat" how President Donald Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics, E.J. Antoni, was ...

Antoni had the support of conservatives like former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon.