Former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a pro-union Republican, will go before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) on Wednesday for a confirmation hearing to be the next Secretary of Labor.  President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Labor will be questioned by committee senators beginning at 10 a.m.  Chavez-DeRemer has already found an opponent in Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who is a member...

Four sheriffs in Florida have been appointed to a council advising the state’s new Board of Immigration Enforcement. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters and Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell will make up half of the State Immigration Enforcement Council, which advises the board on how the state can best work with the Trump administration to enforce federal immigration laws....