Sean Higgins

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"Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric has crossed the line from spreading hatred to inciting violence." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Union says CAIR fired three for labor organizing

Sean Higgins · April 22, 2017 4:01 am

The first week in May likely would be the earliest a vote on Alexander Acosta will be scheduled. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Labor secretary nominee Acosta unlikely to get vote until May

Sean Higgins · April 21, 2017 4:59 pm

Former Illinois governor is serving a 14-year sentence in federal prison on 18 counts of corruption. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Court denies Blagojevich appeal

Sean Higgins · April 21, 2017 3:59 pm

SEIU says civil rights group is trying to bust its efforts to organize workers, which CAIR called "meritless." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Labor group charges union busting by CAIR

Sean Higgins · April 20, 2017 9:23 pm

A monthlong slide in steelmakers' stocks doesn't accurately reflect the benefits they'll receive from President Trump's tariffs on metals, Credit Suisse says.

US steelmakers applaud White House’s anti-dumping probe

Sean Higgins · April 20, 2017 8:09 pm

National Association of Manufacturers says Beijing "does not always play by the same rules." (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

Manufacturers ‘committed’ to working with Trump on steel dumping probe

Sean Higgins · April 20, 2017 7:36 pm

Three top senators asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the lodging-sharing company. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Warren, Feinstein go after Airbnb for hotel lobby

Sean Higgins · April 20, 2017 5:04 pm

Under "official time," workers use all of their time doing activities on behalf of their union. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Estimated 700 federal employees do only union work

Sean Higgins · April 19, 2017 9:00 am

Trump vows ‘big changes or we’re going to get rid of NAFTA’

Sean Higgins · April 18, 2017 8:44 pm

President Donald Trump holds up a signed an executive order to tighten the rules for technology companies seeking to bring highly skilled foreign workers to the U.S., Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at Snap-On Tools in Kenosha, Wis. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Trump calls for crackdown on foreign workers and products

Sean Higgins · April 18, 2017 8:25 pm

Senate minority leader says Trump has missed numerous opportunities to bolster those policies. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Schumer says Trump a hypocrite on ‘Buy American, Hire American’

Sean Higgins · April 18, 2017 4:16 pm

President wants to find ways to prevent high-tech visas from being used to bring in workers at cheap pay. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Trump to sign ‘buy American,’ ‘hire American’ executive orders

Sean Higgins · April 18, 2017 1:00 am