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Trump taps acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling for permanent role pending Senate confirmation

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President Donald Trump on Monday nominated acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling to serve as U.S. labor secretary, sending his pick to the Senate for confirmation.

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If confirmed, Sonderling would formally assume the Cabinet post after leading the Labor Department on an acting basis since former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s departure in April. He would continue overseeing the department’s efforts to enforce federal labor laws, administer workforce programs and implement the administration’s employment agenda.

«It is my Great Honor to announce that I am nominating Keith E. Sonderling, the outstanding Acting United States Secretary of Labor, to be permanent,» Trump announced on Truth Social. «Keith previously served as Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer and, during my First Term, worked at the U.S. Department of Labor as the Acting and Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.

«Throughout his career, Keith has proven his dedication to delivering strong results for the Hardworking People of our Country, and I know he will do an incredible job in his new role,» Trump added.

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Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 19, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Chavez-DeRemer left the Labor Department in April, when the White House announced Sonderling would serve as acting labor secretary.

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Lori Chavez-DeRemer left her post as labor secretary amid an inspector general investigation into allegations of misconduct, (Annabelle Gordon/Bloomberg)

Chavez-DeRemer’s departure came after a whistleblower complaint accused her of having an affair with a member of her security detail, drinking on the job, creating a hostile work environment and directing staff to perform personal errands at taxpayer expense.

The Labor Department’s inspector general is investigating the allegations, which also include claims that Chavez-DeRemer’s husband made unwanted advances toward department officials and that family members routinely sent personal requests to young staffers, according to previous Fox News Digital reporting.

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President Donald Trump nominated acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling to permanently lead the Labor Department, sending the pick to the Senate after Sonderling took over following Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s April departure. (Getty)

Reporting on the complaints indicates Chavez-DeRemer requested staff perform private errands for her and her husband, including picking up dry cleaning, purchasing wine and cleaning out the secretary’s closet, while allegedly using threats to ensure compliance.

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Meanwhile, other complaints alleged drinking on the job and keeping stashes of liquor around the office, according to the New York Post, which first reported the complaints in January. Chavez-DeRemer has denied the allegations. 

Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report.

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Johnson’s strategy to bypass Democrats’ SAVE Act blockade survives key vote, handing GOP big win

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Speaker Mike Johnson’s latest bid to skirt Democrats’ opposition to an election integrity bill backed by President Donald Trump survived a key hurdle on Monday evening.

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The Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act has faced significant headwinds in Congress despite having Trump’s full-throated support. While it passed the House, the legislation has struggled in the Senate where at least several Democratic votes are needed to break a filibuster and advance to final passage.

But the new plan by Johnson, R-La., which would allow key parts of the bill to skirt Democrats entirely, is one step closer to getting a House-wide vote sometime this week.

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., attend the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s National Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance ceremony in Emancipation Hall on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

Republicans would erase the need for any Democratic buy-in by putting key elements of the SAVE America Act into a larger budget reconciliation bill. The reconciliation process allows the party in power to pass sweeping fiscal policy reforms without input from their opposition by lowering the Senate’s threshold for passage to line up with the House’s simple majority requirement.

But there are strict guidelines for what can be in a reconciliation bill. Such legislation must deal with yearly federal spending and revenues, meaning issues that do not directly affect fiscal policy are generally excluded.

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House Republicans are aiming to use this reconciliation bill to fund states’ election integrity efforts, replenish military funding amid the U.S. war with Iran, and dole out aid to American farmers.

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In total, the legislation would set the stage for $95 billion in new federal spending across the next 10 years.

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The first chamber-wide step in the reconciliation process is to pass a framework that directs the relevant committees to then craft details dealing with their allocated budgets. Those details are then put back into a single sweeping bill that must pass the House and Senate before getting to Trump’s desk for his signature.

Passing the House Rules Committee means the bill will see a chamber-wide test vote that, if adopted, will set the stage for lawmakers to debate the bill before a final vote.

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That vote is expected to occur Tuesday afternoon, with the final vote taking place the following day at 3:30 p.m., according to a preliminary schedule obtained by Fox News Digital.

Trump urged Republicans to advance the bill earlier Monday, arguing it would «get AS MUCH of THE SAVE AMERICA ACT as possible in a Budget Bill, along with aid to our incredible Farmers, and funding for our Military.»

Democrats, meanwhile, have accused Republicans of trying to unfairly sway elections with their SAVE America Act push.

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«This is a phony issue that Donald Trump is creating. What’s amazing to me is that Donald Trump had the nerve to say to the Speaker of the House, who apparently didn’t object, that the most important thing that Republicans should focus on is voter suppression legislation, and that housing doesn’t matter, healthcare doesn’t matter, grocery bills don’t matter,» House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said earlier this year.

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Voting booths are seen at Glass Elementary School’s polling station in Eagle Pass, Texas, on November 8, 2022.  (MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images)

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has repeatedly referred to the legislation as «Jim Crow 2.0.»

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«While the specific policies may have changed since the days of the Jim Crow South, the goal of the SAVE Act is the same: disenfranchising American citizens and making it harder for eligible people to vote, particularly low income Americans and people of color,» he said in February.

Republicans argue that the SAVE America Act — which would implement federal voter ID requirements and a proof of citizenship mandate in the voter registration process — would make American elections safer and more secure.

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Basado en hechos reales: cuando el dolor se transforma en un libro capaz de iluminar a sus lectores

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Las tres parten de una tragedia íntima. Y las tres de circunstancias distintas: un aborto clandestino, la supervivencia al Holocausto y la muerte de un ser amado. ¿El punto de contacto? la escritura como forma de procesar lo vivido y encontrar un sentido que trascienda lo personal.

En El acontecimiento, la francesa Annie Ernaux, Premio Nobel de Literatura, reconstruye el aborto clandestino al que debió someterse en la Francia de 1963, cuando interrumpir un embarazo era un delito. Y lo hace con una honestidad brutal. Ernaux no pretende despertar compasión ni hacer un alegato sentimental. Solo escribe y, de esa forma, rescata de la oscuridad una experiencia compartida por miles de mujeres, demostrando cómo la memoria individual puede convertirse en colectiva.

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“Una tarde salí decidida a encontrar un médico que aceptara ayudarme a abortar. Ese ser tenía que existir en algún lugar. (…) Las chicas como yo estropeábamos el día a los médicos. Sin dinero y sin relaciones – de lo contrario no hubiéramos ido a parar a ciegas a su consulta- les obligábamos a recordar la ley que podía llevarles a la cárcel y prohibirles para siempre el ejercicio de su profesión. No se atrevían a decir la verdad: que no iban a arriesgarse a perderlo todo por la cara bonita de una señorita lo bastante estúpida como para haberse dejado preñar. (…) Y como de costumbre, era imposible determinar si el aborto estaba prohibido porque estaba mal, o si estaba mal porque estaba prohibido. Se juzgaba con relación a la ley, no se juzgaba la ley”.

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«El acontecimiento», de la francesa Annie Ernaux

Diferente es la travesía de la sicóloga húngara Edith Eger, con La bailarina de Auschwitz. Deportada al campo de concentración nazi, con solo 16 años, pudo sobrevivir al horror después de perder a sus padres y de convivir con el hambre, el miedo y la muerte.

“El doctor Menguele es un asesino refinado y amante de las bellas artes. Por las noches busca entre los barracones a presas con talento para que lo entretengan. Esta noche entra con su séquito de ayudantes y lanza una mirada sobre las recién llegadas. (…) Permanecemos inmóviles, con las espaldas pegadas a las literas de madera que rodean la habitación. Nos examina. (…) Los ojos de Menguele me miran fijamente. (…) ¡Baila! Me ordena. (…) Puedo oír su voz por encima de la música. Habla con el otro oficial acerca de cuáles de las cien chicas presentes serán las próximas en morir. Si doy un mal paso, si hago algo que le desagrade, podría ser yo”.

Décadas más tarde, convertida en psicóloga clínica, encontró en la escritura una manera de integrar el pasado y de transmitir una enseñanza que atraviesa todo el texto: incluso después del sufrimiento más extremo, siempre está la posibilidad de elegir cómo vivir con eso que nos pasó. Su relato evita el resentimiento y apuesta por la resiliencia como una forma de libertad interior. La historia real que escribe Eger, es un análisis exhaustivo del alma humana y de cómo recuperarla luego de un episodio traumático. Y es posible. Al menos así lo asegura.

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«La bailarina de Auschwitz» de Edith Eger

“Estamos abrumados por la pérdida y creemos que nunca recuperaremos el sentido de identidad y de realización, que nunca mejoraremos. Pero, a pesar de las dificultades y las tragedias de nuestras vidas y, en realidad, gracias a ellas, todos tenemos la posibilidad de adoptar una perspectiva que nos transforme de víctimas en triunfadores. Podemos elegir asumir la responsabilidad de nuestras dificultades y nuestra curación. Podemos elegir ser libres.”

En línea con la pérdida y el duelo, en El año del pensamiento mágico, la periodista y escritora norteamericana Joan Didion enfrenta una tragedia diferente pero igualmente devastadora: la muerte repentina de su esposo, el escritor John Gregory Dunne. Con la lucidez que la caracteriza, Didion registra el desconcierto del duelo, “la vida cambia en un instante, Te sientas a cenar y la vida que conocías se acaba”, esa etapa en la que la razón convive con la idea irracional de que el ser querido pueda regresar.

“Todavía no estaba preparada para enfrentarme a los trajes camisas y chaquetas, pero sí pensé que podía encargarme de los zapatos que quedaban, lo cual era un principio. Me detuve en la puerta de la habitación. No pude dar el resto de los zapatos. Me quedé allí un momento plantada y entonces me di cuenta de por qué: si John quería volver, le iban a hacer falta zapatos. El ser consciente de esta idea no la erradicó en absoluto. (…) Cómo podía volver John si le sacaban los órganos, ¿cómo iba a volver si no tenía zapatos?”.

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«El año del pensamiento mágico», de Joan Didion

La obra es una exploración minuciosa de la pérdida, pero también un testimonio contundente sobre los mecanismos con los que la mente intenta sobrevivir cuando el mundo conocido se derrumba.

Final. Más allá de sus diferencias, las tres obras comparten una convicción: contar la verdad, incluso cuando duele, puede ser un acto profundamente transformador. Y que el medio para ese relato sea la literatura pone de relieve la función catalizadora que puede llegar a tener la acción de contarlo, pero por escrito.

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Las tres autoras eligieron escribir desde la herida, convirtiéndose en protagonistas y narradoras de su propia tragedia. Esa condición les permitió construir textos reflexivos y de alto impacto emocional a la vez. En tiempos en que las fronteras entre ficción y realidad son cada vez más difusas, Ernaux, Eger y Didion demuestran que la experiencia propia puede alcanzar una dimensión universal. Sus relatos hablan de ellas, pero también de cualquier persona que haya atravesado la pérdida, la incertidumbre o el miedo. Porque, al final, estas lecturas celebran algo valioso: la capacidad humana para encontrar sentido en medio del dolor y transformar una vivencia límite en una obra capaz de acompañar, consolar e iluminar la vida de los lectores.

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Sinaloa Cartel boss ‘El Mayo’ sentenced to life, ordered to pay $15B in drug trafficking profits

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Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael «El Mayo» Zambada Garcia, of Mexico, was sentenced on Monday to life in a U.S. prison and ordered to forfeit $15 billion in drug trafficking profits, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan said that while he had no choice but to give a life sentence since the charges carried a mandatory term of life imprisonment, he believed it was the right punishment.

«The almost unimaginable amount of drugs attributable to him and the number of murders that we can document is enough to justify Congress’s decision to make this a mandatory life sentence,» the judge said.

He is one of the most high-profile Mexican drug traffickers to be sentenced by a U.S. judge since fellow Sinaloa leader Joaquin «El Chapo» Guzman was sentenced to life in prison in 2019.

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A photo of former Sinaloa Cartel leader Ismael «El Mayo» Zambada Garcia being detained by federal agents is displayed next to a Beechcraft King Air aircraft, used in July 2024 to transport Garcia and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of notorious narco leader «El Chapo» Guzman, to the U.S., at the War Eagles Air Museum, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. (REUTERS/Paul Ratje)

Garcia, 76, agreed to plead guilty in August 2025 to multiple charges, including racketeering conspiracy and continuing criminal enterprise, after the DOJ said it would not pursue the death penalty.

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He was arrested in July 2024 alongside Joaquin Guzman Lopez, one of Guzman’s sons, after their plane landed in the U.S. Guzman Lopez has since pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including drug trafficking and a July 2024 kidnapping.

Joseph Nocella, a federal prosecutor, told reporters after Garcia’s sentencing that Guzman Lopez had admitted to kidnapping Garcia in an attempt to secure leniency and credit from U.S. law enforcement.

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A reward sign for former Sinaloa Cartel leader Ismael «El Mayo» Zambada Garcia standing next to a Beechcraft King Air aircraft, used in July 2024 to transport Garcia and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of notorious narco leader «El Chapo» Guzman, at the War Eagles Air Museum in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. (REUTERS/Paul Ratje)

«The United States made perfectly clear that we do not condone kidnapping and that he would receive no credit,» Nocella said.

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Guzman Lopez has not yet been sentenced.

Garcia told the court during his sentencing on Monday that he took responsibility for the harm he had caused.

«No one wins in a war like this. To the next generation, I say, choose a different path,» he said.

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Cogan suggested that Garcia be placed in a facility where he would receive adequate medical care since he was suffering from several progressive health ailments.

«Ismael Zambada Garcia spent nearly four decades poisoning American communities to make billions of dollars in profit and ordering the murders of anyone who stood in his way. Today, that chapter closes for good,» Nocella said in a statement.

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Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael «El  Mayo» Zambada Garcia was sentenced to life in a U.S. prison. (REUTERS/Gustavo Graf)

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«He will spend the rest of his life in a U.S. prison, exactly where he belongs,» he added. This sentence was made possible by the tireless bilateral cooperation between U.S. and Mexican law enforcement, who refused to let El Mayo’s years of evading justice become a permanent state of affairs. We hope that today’s sentence brings some measure of justice to the countless victims of the Sinaloa Cartel’s narcotics trafficking and violence.»

Reuters contributed to this report.

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