Sean Higgins

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Senator Hatch (right) says Democrats are using Lighthizer's (center) nomination as leverage to pressure Trump administration on trade policy. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Orrin Hatch: Dems holding US trade rep nominee ‘hostage’

Sean Higgins · March 14, 2017 7:56 pm

Business groups and conservative activists are taking a page from their liberal counterparts and using state-level activism, enlisting friendly legislatures to undo a federal pro-union regulation that targeted big franchise businesses such as McDonald's. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Business groups enlist states to undo a hated Obama pro-union regulation

Sean Higgins · March 13, 2017 5:01 am

President Trump announces he will nominate R. Alexander Acosta for Labor Secretary, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, in the East Room of the White House. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Labor secretary nominee Acosta’s confirmation hearing postponed

Sean Higgins · March 12, 2017 10:26 pm

Clinton's ads were far more negative in tone and content, according to a study conducted by professors for Wesleyan University, Washington State University and Bowdoin College for The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics and published online on Feb. 22. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Clinton’s ads more negative, more personal than Trump’s, study finds

Sean Higgins · March 9, 2017 9:48 pm

Alexander Acosta is expected to have a fairly easy confirmation, with support from several labor unions. (AP photo/Alan Diaz)

Hearing for Labor Dept. nominee Acosta set for March 15

Sean Higgins · March 8, 2017 5:27 pm

This year, North Carolina Republican Virginia Foxx, 73, became the first woman to take up the gavel of the House Education and Workforce Committee since New Jersey Democrat Mary Teresa Norton in 1947. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx is on a quest to roll back Obama’s workplace rules

Sean Higgins · March 6, 2017 5:01 am

They would instead get $9.50 an hour, the current minimum wage, plus the tips. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Minnesota eateries push for $15 minimum wage exception

Sean Higgins · March 5, 2017 4:34 pm

"The SEIU hasn't done anything for me except come between me and my daughter," said Kris Greene, a Minneapolis provider. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Fraud alleged in Minnesota homecare provider union

Sean Higgins · March 5, 2017 2:57 am

About 400 Trump supporters turned out for the event as "March 4 Trump" rallies happened Saturday around the country. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Minnesota protester uses pepper spray against Trump fans

Sean Higgins · March 5, 2017 12:44 am

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka called President Trump's speech Tuesday "probably one of his finest moments." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Labor warms to Trump on immigration

Sean Higgins · March 1, 2017 6:34 pm

Trump said that "families should be free to choose the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school that is right for them." (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Teachers union melts down on Twitter after Trump mentions vouchers

Sean Higgins · March 1, 2017 3:28 am

President Trump is close to picking Vermont lawyer Peter Robb to be the next general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, sources indicate. (Wikipedia Commons)

Chamber of Commerce pushes Trump to reverse NRLB policies

Sean Higgins · February 28, 2017 8:36 pm