5 Takeaways From Labor Secretary Nominee Chavez-DeRemer’s Confirmation Hearing

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The nominee was pressed on her legislative record and loyalty to the Constitution. Right-to-work laws, visa programs, and the federal minimum wage were among the topics on senators’ minds as they vetted former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) for the role of labor secretary on Feb. 19. Chavez-DeRemer, 56, represented Oregon’s Fifth Congressional District for one

Tiananmen Squares: Dozens of Chinese Incels Are Furious at Tom Cotton for Writing a Book That’s ‘Worse Than Mein Kampf’

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‘Why Is A Whyte Senator Writing About China?’ Getty Images Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) has once again managed to enrage some very annoying people by writing and publishing a collection of words. Almost five years after liberal journalists whined about feeling “unsafe” because the New York Times published Cotton’s op-ed about restoring law and

Karen Bass Says She Wasn’t Adequately Warned of LA Fire Risk Ahead of Ghana Trip. Her City’s Weather Service Warned of ‘Critical Fire Conditions’ the Day Before She Left.

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The National Weather Service issued ‘extreme fire’ alerts before Bass’s international travel Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass in a press conference (Apu Gomes/Getty Images) Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass (D.) on Tuesday said she traveled to Ghana ahead of the deadly blaze that scorched through her city because fire chief Kristin Crowley didn’t warn her

Labor Secretary Nominee No Longer Supports Challenges to States’ Right-to-Work Laws

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President Donald Trump’s nominee for labor secretary told lawmakers during her Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday that she no longer supports a pro-union piece of legislation challenging states’ right-to-work laws that she once backed as a lawmaker in Oregon. Former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) previously represented a swing district that includes parts of Portland. While