The White House tapped current acting chief of the Wage and Hour Division, Jessica Looman, to lead the agency permanently as administrator, according to a Wednesday announcement, after Obama-era official David Weil withdrew his name from consideration.
Looman, a former executive director of the Minnesota building trades coalition, has been leading the agency in an acting capacity since June 2021.
The Biden administration decided to go in a different direction with one of the most important sub-Cabinet posts at the Department of Labor after Weil’s nomination was defeated in the Senate—the result of a months-long grassroots campaign that successfully convinced ...
The prosecution has requested a bench warrant for YouTuber Jeon Han-gil (real name Jeon Yu-gwan), who is accused of spreading fake news related to President Lee Jae Myung and Reform Party leader Le...