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

P resident Donald Trump nominated E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, as the next commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the president said in a social media post late Monday.

President Donald Trump announced Monday his nomination of E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the Heritage Foundation, to serve as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The appointment requires U.