Steve Bannon, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump in his first term and an influential voice in conservative circles, is pushing for EJ Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

On Monday night, President Donald Trump announced his new pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) after firing the previous commissioner and baselessly alleging that recently released poor jobs numbers were “rigged.”

EJ Antoni is the chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation and has a history of criticizing the BLS.

President Trump announced E.J. Antoni as his nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Monday, after he fired the former commissioner and blamed her for a weaker-than-expected jobs report.

White House Says Trump Tariffs Are Good For Business President Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) suggested the agency should stop issuing monthly

Wall Street depends on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' flagship jobs report for economic and Fed policy clues.

Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner nominee E.J. Antoni has suggested suspending monthly jobs reports in favor of more accurate quarterly reports.

President Donald Trump nominated Heritage Foundation economist E.J. Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics. His nomination comes shortly after Trump fired former BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer,

The artwork depicting a German battleship called the Bismarck was visible in two interviews with Antoni in 2023 and 2024.

Former BLS Commissioner Erica Groshen told Newsweek she is "trying to avoid rushing to judgment" on the new pick.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics has made a series of controversial assertions that critics say undermines his desire to have the agency better collect and process economic data.