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Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump announced his new nominee to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Monday evening, less than two weeks after firing the agency’s previous commissioner.

Who does Trump want to run BLS? E.J. Antoni, the chief economist at the Heritage Foundation, a right-wing think tank, is Trump’s choice for the top job at BLS. Antoni will need to be confirmed by the Senate before taking the job.

What do I need to know about him? Antoni’s nomination has many economists seriously concerned. BLS, which provides data about the state of the US economy, is a traditionally nonpartisan

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