POLITICS

White House withdraws E.J. Antoni's nomination to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics

The White House has withdrawn the nomination of conservative economist E.J. Antoni for Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner. A White House official praised Antoni but indicated a new nominee will be announced soon. Antoni's nomination faced scrutiny over his skepticism of BLS data and his past remarks, including a call to suspend monthly jobs reports for quarterly ones. The BLS data is considered crucial for understanding the U.S. economy.

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