(JTA) — Alexander Acosta quit as U.S. secretary of labor amid debate over a plea deal he helped arrange for sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2008. President Donald Trump announced the resignation ...

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta argued in a news conference that his intervention in a 2008 sexual-abuse case against financier Jeffrey Epstein ensured Mr. Epstein got a tougher sentence than he ...

During Trump’s first term, Alexander Acosta served as labor secretary for the first two years. He was named when Trump’s first pick, Andy Puzder, the then-CEO of the company that owns the Hard ...

US Labour Secretary Alex Acosta is resigning amid criticism of his role in a 2008 plea deal for financier Jeffrey Epstein in a child sex case. Mr Acosta, a former Florida prosecutor, made the ...

"It is now impossible for anyone to have confidence in Secretary Acosta's ability to lead the Department of Labor," Mr Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate said during a floor speech on Tuesday.

The Senate confirmed the last of President Trump’s nominees to lead major Cabinet departments on Thursday, approving Alexander Acosta as labor secretary in a 60-38 vote following months of White ...

CNN anchor Jim Acosta, who rose to acclaim as a hard-charging reporter who frequently clashed with members of the first Trump ...

Student complaints allegedly led residential deans to tell Harvard Salient they couldn't distribute in their buildings.