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The fossil fuel industry is not alone in opposing the proposed rule. Representatives of the construction and manufacturing industries made similar arguments at a hearing this month of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

But the oil and gas industry may carry extra weight during the Trump administration.

Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office aimed at “unleashing American energy” that directed federal departments to review existing regulations and policies that “impose an undue burden on the identification, development or use of domestic energy resources.”

Neither OSHA nor the Department of Labor responded to questions about whether they have completed the review. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has expressed support for the fossil fuel industry, but hasn’t publicly remarked on the heat rule.

“Unleashing American energy will create good-paying jobs and lower costs for business and families,” she wrote in anApril post on X about the department’s efforts to train workers “to secure American Energy Dominance.”

04/21/2026 RWW

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Kyle Mantyla

The choice of ‘Two Chronicles’ is not a coincidence.

Lori Chavez-DeRemer is the third Cabinet member to leave their post during Trump’s second term.

No matter what Senator Josh Hawley says, the Constitution is the law of the land.

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson apologized on Monday for campaigning for President Donald Trump, declaring that he would be “tormented” by the decision “for a long time” to come.

A devoted Fuentes supporter went on CNN to talk about his hero and then found himself in his crosshairs.

It was billed as the coup of coups: controversial evangelical pastor Mark Driscoll said he was invited to speak at a “Rededicate 250” event planned for May 17 on the National Mall. The 12-hour gathering, billed as “A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving,” is part of the Freedom 250 initiative organized by The White House. Driscoll told his supporters he was on the guest list for speakers.

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The Trump regime has an “erratic” and “theologically incomprehensible” preferred religion, a “bellicose, nationalist Christianity,” that is organized along various “fiefdoms,” argues Sarah Posner at Talking Points Memo. However, those spheres of control and influence are “aimed at protecting, and even justifying, the regime’s impunity.”

Posner writes that the “goal of the Christian nationalist project is to subvert democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.”

She posits that during Trump’s second term, the White House and federal agencies “have been bludgeoning federal employees, the press, and the public with religious pronouncements of moral superiority to perceived enemies.”

On Easter Sunday, several administration agencies posted social media messages “heralding Christ’s resurrection,” the Associated Press reported. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote: “The tomb is empty. The promise is fulfilled. Through His sacrifice, we are redeemed. We stand firm in faith, courage, and truth.”

“He is risen,” was the message from both the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department.

The Department of Justice went even further.

“Today, as millions of Christians gather in their churches across the nation to celebrate the resurrection of Christ, this Department — is proud to protect and defend religious liberty,” the message read.

Posner argues how various administration officials use religion.

JD Vance “starts fights with the pope over his anti-war statements (even as Vance leaks to the press, with an eye to 2028, that he was against the war).”

Through his prayer meetings and press conferences, Secretary Hegseth “aims to compel Americans to embrace his Christian nationalist bloodlust and war crimes, and this week compared reporters to Pharisees for insufficiently cheerleading for the military.”

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer “has promoted her Catholicism in prayer meetings modeled on the ones Hegseth hosts at the Pentagon.”

“All these moves,” Posner writes, “are designed to crush dissent, marginalize other Christianities and religions, and empower government officials to violate the law. The fiefdoms, in different ways, prop up the would-be king’s corruption, and that of his allies.”

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At least three people have lodged formal workplace discrimination complaints against Trump Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, alleging a toxic workplace and her retaliation against women her husband allegedly hit on.

“Two of the complaints were filed by young female staffers who have alleged that Chavez-DeRemer’s husband, Dr. Shawn DeRemer, subjected them to unwanted sexual touching late last year when they were working at U.S. Department of Labor offices,” reports MS NOW, who refused to share the names of the two women to protect their identities during the ongoing investigations of their claims.

One of the female staff members reported a sex abuse incident to a police report reviewed by MS NOW, which added that the District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department investigated the allegations involving Shawn DeRemer.

The Washington Post reported that MPD closed its investigation of Shawn DeRemer, but MS NOW reports at least one of the alleged incidents appeared to be corroborated by office security cameras, according to a source speaking to MS NOW.

The New York Post first reported the investigation of the secretary allegedly “abusing her position” by engaging in her own “inappropriate” relationship with a subordinate. MS NOW reports she was also accused of drinking in her office during work hours and “travel fraud,” with her chief of staff allegedly “mak[ing] up” official reasons for her to take trips that were ultimately personal in nature, the Post reported.

At the time, Department of Labor spokesperson Courtney Parella called the allegations “categorically false.”

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02/20/2026

by

Kyle Mantyla

The decision does not affect all of Trump's tariffs but invalidates those implemented using an emergency law.

On Friday, during an appearance before the press at the White House, President Donald Trump spoke on the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down his sweeping tariffs, saying that he was “absolutely ashamed” of the justices responsible for it.

The administration has been preparing for months for the possibility that the court would rule against the president and developed contingency plans.

Heritage Foundation leaders praised Corey DeAngelis’ hiring despite a public past in the porn industry.

The president banged a golden gavel to “Y.M.C.A.” at the coalition's first official meeting.

From Venezuelan oil to the Board of Peace, Trump is constantly looking for new sources of cash he can control.

The secretary was already facing calls for her resignation. Recent allegations likely make her political standing even shakier.

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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is demanding answers from Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

In a letter sent Wednesday, Bloomberg Law reported that Grassley wanted to know whether the stories by the conservative New York Post are accurate.

In early January an inspector general probe uncovered that shortly after Chavez-DeRemer was confirmed by the U.S. Senate, she allegedly took staff to a strip club in Oregon. She also allegedly had an extramarital affair with one of her security guards.

The senator wanted to know whether she fabricated official work so she could “travel for pleasure, while having the American taxpayer foot the bill."

Grassley is the chair of the influential Senate Judiciary Committee.

It marks just how far Grassley has backed away from the administration. It has been less than a year that Grassley, a huge supporter of whistleblower rights, refused to allow a whistleblower to speak at a confirmation hearing for one of President Donald Trump's top Justice Department officials nominated to become an appeals court judge.

"The Judiciary panel chairman has long been focused on rooting out waste of taxpayer dollars, but has consistently fended off claims of misconduct by officials more squarely in his jurisdiction, including by Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel," said Bloomberg.

The letter demands information by Feb. 11.

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One of President Donald Trump's Cabinet officials is now in hot water over an investigation into alleged alcohol abuse on the job and relations with a subordinate. And on Monday, some of her staffers were put on leave.

That's according to an article in Bloomberg, which reported that two senior staffers in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) have been suspended in the wake of a DOL inspector general investigation into Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-Deremer. One of Bloomberg's sources anonymously confided to the outlet that Chavez-Deremer's chief of staff Jihun Han and deputy chief of staff Rebecca Wright have been officially put on leave.

The New York Post recently reported that DOL staffers were allegedly fabricating work trips on behalf of Chavez-Deremer so she could visit family and friends. The labor secretary reportedly had more than 50 official trips in 2025, visiting 37 states. Chavez-Deremer is also accused of drinking alcohol in her office, and for having an inappropriate relationship with an unnamed male subordinate.

According to the Post, Chavez-Deremer — who is married — has hosted the staffer at her Washington D.C. apartment on multiple occasions, and also invited them to her hotel room during work trips. The Post's sources also referred to the labor secretary as the "boss from hell," accusing her of ordering employees to run personal errands for Chavez-Deremer and perform other mundane tasks unrelated to their jobs.

Chavez-Deremer's alleged inappropriate relationship reportedly involved one episode in which she invited the subordinate to her Las Vegas hotel room, where she was staying to celebrate her niece's 40th birthday in October, when the federal government was shut down. The labor secretary reportedly dismissed her security detail before inviting the man over.

The Post also alleged that when Han asked Chavez-Deremer about a stash of alcohol she kept near her office desk, the labor secretary reportedly told her chief of staff to "leave it alone." The stash reportedly includes champagne, bourbon and Kahlua.

Trump administration spokespeople denied the report. White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers called the accusations "baseless," and insisted that Chavez-Deremer "is an incredible asset to President Trump’s team and she will continue advancing the President’s America First agenda."

"These unsubstantiated allegations are categorically false,” DOL spokesperson Courtney Parella told the Post. “Secretary Chavez-DeRemer has complied with all ethics rules and Department policies and remains fully engaged in carrying out the Department’s work on behalf of this historic Administration. The Secretary is considering all possible avenues, including legal action, to fight these baseless accusations from anonymous sources.”

Click here to read Bloomberg's article in its entirety, and click here to read the New York Post's report.

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'You seem to be celebrating it': CNN host calls out labor sec as Republicans cheer firings

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"Cuts, fear and understaffing" is causing employee morale to plummet at the United States Department of Labor, according to a report by The Guardian.

About 20 percent ofstaffat the department have resigned or retired ahead of threatened, devastating cuts at the agency.

"Staff charged with protecting US workers feel their core mission is being undermined," and despite the fawning by labor secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who called President Donald Trump "the transformational president of the American worker," the irony has not gone unnoticed by agency workers.

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"Everyone thinks it’s a joke because it is a joke. There are parts of the building that have not been fixed. We have closed bathrooms all over the place. The front door doesn’t work, it’s been broken for two months, but we have money for a stupid banner,” one anonymous worker told The Guardian.

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That banner is the giant one draped over the labor department featuring a massive picture of Trump with the words, "American Workers FIRST!"

"Fawning over the president, regardless of who the president is, acting that way means [Chavez-DeRemer] can’t give him hard or bad news and you should be able to do that if you’re a leader," said the anonymous staffer.

But it's the undermining of the agency's mission— to "foster and promote the welfare of job seekers, wage earners and retirees through drastic cuts, deregulations that include pay cuts for workers, and mistreatment of those employed at the agency," says The Guardian, that has the biggest impact.

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“They are gutting us. They are taking away everything that makes us helpful to the citizens of the states we work in,” another anonymous employee told The Guardian. “They say they’re changing things for the American worker. I was born in the US and am a veteran. I’m an American worker and they don’t care about us.”

Workers at the department are also being muzzled. Despite the National Labor Relations Act, which provides employees with a protected right to speak to the media about their working conditions and labor concerns, the labor secretary threatened workers with "serious legal consequences" if they did so.

“A federal worker shouldn’t be scared to speak the truth. For me to even be concerned about speaking is ridiculous, it’s how we stand up to protect ourselves and those around us,” said the second anonymous employee.

In response to workers' complaints about maintenance issues in the department's offices and bathrooms, a labor department spokesperson toldThe Guardian, "this fake news hit piece is exactly why public trust in the mainstream media is at historic lows."

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The workers beg to differ.

“It’s kind of like working in a prison,” said the second anonymous employee. “It’s very clear how they treat us is a bellwether for how they want other workers to be treated.”

Julie Su, who was labor secretary under President Joe Biden, agreed, saying this is far from a golden age for American workers as the administration promised.

“The Department of Labor is being deployed fully as one arm of this president’s war on workers, which is even more painful given that the mission of the Department of Labor is to protect workers. The way you treat your own workers is a sign of how you believe workers in general deserve to be treated. And this administration has taken a very destructive approach to its own workers," she said.

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A top official in the Department of Labor this week informed all staff members that they could face criminal charges if they speak to journalists, former employees or others about agency business.

A memo sent Monday by Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s chief of staff, Jihun Han, and obtained by ProPublica, states that “individuals who disclose confidential information or engage in unauthorized communications with the media may face serious legal consequences.”

Among the ramifications, the memo states, are “potential criminal penalties, depending on the nature of the information and the applicable laws,” and “immediate disciplinary actions, up to and including termination.”

The guidance document went on to say that “any unauthorized communication with the media,” regardless of what information is shared or how it is shared, “will be treated as a serious offense.”

The memo listed laws, regulations and a departmental guide to explain its legal position. Among them was a regulation concerning civil servants’ ethical obligations and a law, the Freedom of Information Act, guaranteeing the public the right to inspect certain public records.

“This message will serve as your only warning,” the memo stated.

The warning comes as current and former Labor Department employees have spoken to the news media about harms they see resulting from the dismantling of portions of their agency, which enforces laws guaranteeing rights to a safe workplace, fair pay and protections against discrimination.

“It’s very chilling,” a Labor Department employee who requested anonymity for fear of retribution told ProPublica. “It’s never a good look when you’re telling people to never talk about what you’re doing.”

Labor Department spokespeople did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

“These types of missives can chill the free flow of information to the press and the public,” said Gabe Rottman, vice president of policy at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. “That’s a concern.”

Civil servants do not sacrifice their First Amendment rights by accepting a job with the federal government, but there do exist higher restrictions on what information they can disclose publicly. Government agencies that handle classified information have on rare occasions launched criminal investigations against leakers, but those are typically invoked only when leaks involve classified national security intelligence or protected financial information, Rottman said.

“But normally, disclosures to the press or others would be a matter of employee discipline as opposed to carrying criminal sanctions,” he said.

While the memo raising the possibility of criminal penalties was sent to Labor Department employees, it reflects a common approach by the administration of President Donald Trump to guard against federal government employees speaking to reporters.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, for example, has publicly announced an aggressive pursuit of leakers. Elon Musk, who launched the Department of Government Efficiency, which is at the heart of the shake-up of the federal government, has bragged about his tactics in rooting out leaks at his companies. And Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has blamed alleged leaks by former Pentagon staffers for reigniting controversy over his use of the Signal messaging app to discuss military operations.

Federal employees at various agencies told ProPublica that an air of suspicion has descended on their workplace during Trump’s second term, with rumors flying of surveillance of rank-and-file government workers. In the Department of Agriculture, for example, a banner temporarily appeared on government computers when employees logged in, telling them that “unauthorized or improper use of this system may result in disciplinary action, as well as civil and criminal penalties.”

Agriculture Department spokespeople did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Labor Department employee told ProPublica that Monday’s memo felt like the latest attack on a workforce already weathering layoffs, spending freezes and reorganizations.

“It’s been horrible. It’s been a deeply exhausting roller coaster,” the employee said. “It’s very difficult to work when you’re in a constant state of being terrorized by your employer.”

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Former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), who President-elect Donald Trump picked to head the U.S. Department of Labor, has been viewed by Democrats as one of his least offensive Cabinet appointments. But her reportedly pro-labor record is being scrutinized in a new report.

International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Sean O'Brien has endorsed Trump's nomination of the Oregon Republican (the daughter of a Teamsters member). More Perfect Union founder Faiz Shakir — who was Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) presidential campaign manager in 2020 — called her a "pro-labor pick" in an interview with MSNBC's Alex Wagner. But according to a Wednesday article by the American Prospect's Hassan Ali Kanu, Chavez-DeRemer's supposedly pro-worker bona fides don't hold up.

Chavez-DeRemer is known for being one of the few Republican sponsors of the PRO (Protecting the Right to Organize) Act, which makes it easier for workers to organize unions in the workplace. However, Kanu noted that Trump's labor secretary-designate didn't add her name to the list of cosponsors until July, approximately four months after its two other House Republican supporters — Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) — backed it, and well after its failure to pass the House was assured. She notably declined to co-sponsor the bill in 2023.

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University of Calfornia-Los Angeles labor historian Trevor Griffey told the Prospect that Chavez-DeRemer's support of the PRO Act could be more accurately described as "posturing in a swing district." He added that "political support for the PRO Act or any other labor rights should be measured by votes and not declarations of intent."

Kanu found that the one-term lawmaker (she lost to Democrat Janelle Bynum in November) only supported pro-worker legislation 10% of the time according to her AFL-CIO scorecard. While that's slightly higher than the Republican average of 6%, the average House Democrat's score is 99%.

"She voted in favor of a bill that would undermine the unemployment insurance program, for example, including by penalizing recipients for inadvertent errors; and for legislation that would loosen regulation of health benefits and allow employers to offer plans that aren’t backed by adequate reserves," Kanu wrote. "Chavez-DeRemer has also voted against one of the biggest labor priorities of the past decade—a 'joint employer' rule to restrict companies’ ability to effectively outsource certain legal, pay, and benefits obligations to third parties, like contractors and franchisees."

According to the Prospect, Chavez-DeRemer has also "staked out a slate of now-standard Republican positions" that make her more palatable to Trump. This includes "skirting the question" when the Oregonian asked her directly in 2022 if she believed President Joe Biden was the true winner of the 2020 election. In her 2022 bid for Congress, Chavez-DeRemer also ran on red meat "culture war" issues popular with the GOP base, like opposition to transgender rights and climate change denial.

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Click here to read Kanu's full report in the American Prospect.

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