OPB’s First Look: An Oregonian Leaves Trump’s Cabinet

Inside the Downfall of Trump’s Scandal-Plagued Labor Secretary

President Donald Trump summoned three top labor leaders to the White House for a private meeting last week.

Lori Chavez-DeRemer Is The Latest Trump Cabinet Member To Be Taken Down By Affair Rumors

There have been a lot of changes in the Trump administration lately. Lori Chavez-DeRemer is the latest cabinet member to make an exit, and it looks messy.

The true Lori Chavez-DeRemer scandal: her empty record

Donald Trump’s labor secretary, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, is leaving the administration under a cloud of misconduct allegations. These include drinking on the job, having an affair with one of her bodyguards, and fake expense reports used to justify taxpayer-funded trips to visit her loved ones. Chavez-DeRemer denies any wrongdoing. Yet the real scandal is how little [...]Read More...

OPB’s First Look: An Oregonian leaves Trump’s Cabinet

Subscribe to OPB’s First Look to receive Northwest news in your inbox six days a week.Good morning, Northwest.Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon is resigning as President Trump’s labor secretary.Mounting allegations of misconduct against Chavez-DeRemer and people close to her have fed speculation she would soon be removed from her Cabinet post. OPB’s Bryce Dole leads off today’s newsletter with the story.In other news, Portland’s mayor has proposed s…

Trump’s Labor Secretary’s Impressive Legacy of Sleaze

Lori Chavez-DeRemer is perhaps the least well known of the administration’s departing Cabinet members. That’s not for want of trying.