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 Donald Trump’s firing of the chief labor statistician was criticized by her predecessor, who called it an unfounded ...

Sen. Alex Padilla, a California Democrat, says an investigation into the firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner ...

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

The president responded to the lackluster July jobs report by directing his team to fire the chief of the Bureau of Labor ...

Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), who President Trump fired following a dismal jobs report, said it was the “honor of my life” to serve in ...

White House officials were defending President Trump's decision to fire the top Labor Department official responsible for ...

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

In an interview on NBC News' "Meet the Press," Hassett called for a "fresh set of eyes" at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top White House economic advisers on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's firing of the head of the ...

A new economic divide: Now that the policy is settling into place, a “divide is widening in the US economy as the biggest ...