Business
A Senate committee on Thursday narrowly approved R.
March 30, 2017
President Trump said Thursday that he would nominate former Justice Department official R.
Feb. 16, 2017
World & Nation
President Trump said Thursday that he will nominate former Justice Department official R.
President Donald Trump’s second nominee for Labor secretary, law school dean R.
March 22, 2017
Cutting and merging two agencies that investigate workplace discrimination won’t reduce the government’s enforcement power, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said Wednesday.
June 7, 2017
Alexander Acosta is President Trump’s second nominee for Labor secretary.
A controversial Obama-era rule for retirement advisors, delayed by a review ordered by President Trump because of strong Republican and financial industry opposition, will partially take effect next month, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said.
May 23, 2017
U.S.
May 19, 2017
Politics
Acosta announced his resignation Friday amid mounting criticism of a lenient plea deal he struck with a now-convicted sex offender while Acosta was a federal prosecutor in Florida.
July 12, 2019
A judge ruled Thursday that federal prosecutors, including the future Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, violated the law when they did not tell victims the government had struck a deal not to prosecute Jeffrey Epstein, a politically connected billionaire accused of molesting dozens of young girls.
Feb. 22, 2019