“Trump says he’s nominating E.J. Antoni as Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner”
August 12, 2025
“President Donald Trump said he will nominate the economist E. J. Antoni as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Antoni would replace Erika McEntarfer, who Trump fired as BLS commissioner on Aug. 1 after accusing her of manipulating jobs report data.
Antoni is the chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, and his candidacy for the BLS spot had been promoted by former Trump White House advisor Steve Bannon…”
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/11/trump-antoni-bls-statistics.html