Kugler was nominated by President Joe Biden and has served in her position since September 2023. According to the Fed, she "submitted her letter of resignation to President Trump and will return to Georgetown University as a professor this fall." Kugler's term was set to expire at the end of January.

When the economic news is bad, Trump thinks he can just shoot the messenger. Here’s how the firing played out, as well as analysis and reaction.

U.S. President Donald Trump fired the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday after data showed weaker-than-expected employment growth in July and massive downward revisions to the prior two months' job counts.