* Antoni's nomination faced GOP concerns, no Senate hearing scheduled * Antoni has been a critic of the BLS * Trump fired McEntarfer, raising concerns about data reliability (White House confirms new nominee will be announced soon in paragraph 3, Murkowski and other GOP concerns in paragraph 4, possible government shutdown paragraph 7, criticism of BLS data paragraph 11) By Jasper Ward, Jarrett Renshaw and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The Trump administration has withdrawn its nomination of conservative economist E.J. Antoni as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the White House said on Tuesday. President Donald Trump nominated Antoni last month to lead the bureau, which is part of the Department of Labor and produces statistics closely watched by the markets, after firi

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