President Donald Trump has, since he first returned to the White House in January, been on a steady march towards ...

Like any government agency, the BLS is a thoroughly political entity. And yet Donald Trump’s critics are right to be worried.

PolitiFact Ruling: Pants on Fire. The agency’s downward revision of 818,000 jobs was part of a standard, annual data-refinement process. It happened Aug. 21, 2024, spoiling Democrats’ mood one day ...

Reports indicate President Donald Trump is interviewing candidates for the vacant Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner ...

A recent letter writer complained that Nazi comparisons of Trump's detainment camps that deny people access to due process ...

Donald Trump has, since he first returned to the White House in January, been on a steady march towards authoritarianism, and ...

Three contenders stand out to replace the departed Erika McEntarfer, according to Hal Ratner, who is the head of research for Morningstar Investment Management.

As approval ratings hit record lows and independent voters flee, even loyal Republicans privately acknowledge Trump's ...

President Donald Trump wants to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, who he appointed, because Powell wouldn’t do what Trump wanted. Then the job market numbers were revised, unfavorably, so ...

The downside of shooting a messenger for bearing bad news is it tends to isolate a leader from the facts necessary to make informed decisions.

Other data exists from other federal, state and private sources, but would be hard to replicate the breadth of what BLS provides.

In the battle between fear and facts, Trump has scored some early victories. But the costs of his crusade continue to mount.