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What to know about EJ Antoni, Trump’s pick for jobs data chief

( NewsNation) — President Donald Trump has chosen E.J. Antoni to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a longtime critic of ...
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Who is EJ Antoni, the new Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee?

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

Trump picks E.J. Antoni as new Bureau of Labor Statistics head after firing old commissioner amid weak jobs report

President Trump announced E.J. Antoni as his nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Monday, after he fired the ...

Here’s how Trump’s BLS commissioner pick has criticized the BLS

Hours before President Donald Trump fired former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer this month, E.J. Antoni appeared on former White House strategist Steve Bannon’s podcast to ...

‘Underlying motives’: Why Trump’s BLS pick is in for a fight

Antoni has become a fixture on conservative talk radio and podcasts — including Steve Bannon’s “War Room” — and frequently ...

Trump’s BLS nominee met with criticism from economists and across the political spectrum

E.J. Antoni, President Trump's pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), has suggested ending the monthly jobs ...

EJ Antoni seems to have no issue sitting in front of the Nazi flagship while being interviewed.

Donald Trump’s new pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics once proudly showed off a painting of the German World War II ...

Why Trump taping a BLS skeptic to lead agency is 'just a very bad idea'

President Trump says he is nominating E.J. Antoni to be the new Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner. Antoni has been a ...