Thousands of invisible, far-reaching decisions flow from the stream of reports the BLS compiles. When faith in the government ...

The jobs numbers came in lower than expected last week, and they indicate that there’s not the same kind of robust labor ...

Hiring slowed sharply over the summer, federal government data showed. The jobs report came days after fresh gross domestic ...

But Trump’s firing of the BLS chief escalated his administration’s attack on information. Though researchers who rely on ...

Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...

Firing Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer will taint any future jobs numbers coming from the agency, ...

Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner has raised fears that government employment data, used to make major economic policy decisions, will become politicized.

Canning the labor chief will make jobs statistics less trustworthy, but authoritarians thrive in a world of blurred fact and ...

The BLS jobs survey is widely considered by economists to be robust. It samples more than 100,000 businesses and government ...

House Democrats asked for a congressional hearing on President Donald Trump's decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer.

The president got into a spirited debate with “Squawk Box” host Joe Kernen about the 2020 election and his firing of the commissioner of Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Victoria Guida is an economics correspondent at POLITICO and author of Capital Letter, a reported column that probes policies ...