The BLS has come under scrutiny from Republicans after Trump took issue with its data (Reuters)The Trump administration has withdrawn its nomination of conservative economist E.J. Antoni as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the White House said on Tuesday. CNN first reported that the administration had pulled Antoni’s nomination. Antoni’s nomination raised concerns among economists about the quality of BLS data. Trump added to growing concerns about the reliability of BLS and other federal government economic data when he fired McEntarfer on August 1.