On Friday, July 12, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta resigned from President Donald Trump's cabinet after continued scrutiny over his in plea for billionaire and convicted Jeffrey Epstein. ... His resignation will go into effect on July, Patrick Pizzella will serve as the new acting Secretary..…
Attorney Alexander Acosta, now Trump's Secretary of Labor, did highly unusual thing — he met with Epstein's lawyers offsite and negotiated lenient deal allowing Epstein to plea to two state prostitution charges in exchange for immunity from all federal charges, for him and for any..…
WASHINGTON—Under attack from across the political spectrum for his prior lenient plea bargain deal with serial sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, embattled Trump Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta resigned on July 12. . President Donald Trump announced Acosta’s resignation, with the..…
Trump, who saw Acosta largely as a source of favorable monthly statistics about unemployment and job growth, called Acosta “a great labor secretary not a good one” and “a tremendous talent. ... Trump, who saw Acosta largely as a source of favorable monthly statistics about..…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics now figures the rate was 4.7% when he was sworn in. ... Labor Force Participation — Despite the abundance of jobs, the labor force participation rate — which went down 2.8 percentage points during the Obama years — is unchanged under Trump. ...…
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