President Trump on Tuesday withdrew the nomination of E.J. Antoni to serve as the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after ousting the previous head of the agency over criticism of jobs data.

Trump had announced in August that he would nominate Antoni, a top economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Heritage Foundation confirmed late Tuesday that Antoni was returning to his role with the think tank.

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