Kevin Hassett said the president wants his own people at the agency to provide “more transparent and reliable” jobs data.

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

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett defends President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a weaker-than-expected jobs report.

Kevin Hassett, a Trump official floated as the next Fed Chair, claimed the jobs report’s revisions shows the numbers are ...

WASHINGTON >> Top White House economic advisers on Sunday defended President Donald Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau ...

Plus, the White House defends firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, and nostalgic millennials are having a moment.

Hassett agreed with President Donald Trump's firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics due to the "massive revisions" of the last jobs report.

On Sunday, William Beach, who preceded McEntarfer as BLS commissioner, told CNN's "State of the Union" that her firing was "groundless," and that there was "no way" for her to rig the numbers, since ...

The California Democrat’s comments come two days after Trump fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer over the agency’s new employment numbers showing only 73,000 jobs being added in July and revealing ...