Trump’s disastrous pick to oversee US economic data

President Donald Trump speaks in front of posters depicting household income data in the Oval Office on August 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. | Win McNamee/Getty Images

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Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump announced his new nominee to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Monday evening, less than two weeks after firing the agency’s previous commissioner.

Who does Trump want to run BLS? E.J. Antoni, the........

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