Ugly And Unprepared, ‘Knife Fight’ Breaks Out In Trump Transition

“Stay away. Will be ugly,” one former Bush official advised after an exchange with Trump’s transition team

Lauren McCauley
By Lauren McCauley
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is greeted by his family on stage after the third presidential debate at UNLV in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016.

While Republicans have been outwardly celebrating their victories, President-elect Donald Trump's transition to power is reportedly mired in chaos and infighting as competing factions duke it out to see whose version of "Make America Great Again" will dominate under the new world order. A "knife fight" is how one source described the backroom

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New Labor Secretary Has Workers’ Rights Advocates Feeling Optimistic

Thomas Perez, who joins the Department of Labor after heading the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, has an excellent track record on workers’ issues.

Carissa Wyant
By Carissa Wyant

“Today is my first day as the secretary of labor, and I couldn't be more eager to get down to work,” newly appointed Labor Secretary Thomas Perez said last week. Perez is the first and only Latino appointed to President Obama's second-term cabinet. Formerly Assistant U.S. Attorney General, his nomination yielded much optimism given his prior work

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