The Justice Department said Thursday that then-U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta exercised “poor judgment" while brokering a 2008 plea deal to end a federal probe into billionaire sex offender Jeffrey ...

The Senate voted Thursday afternoon to confirm Alexander Acosta as the new secretary of labor. The 60-38 vote fills the last open seat in President Trump’s Cabinet. Acosta served as assistant attorney ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Donald Trump on Thursday announced law school dean R. Alexander Acosta as his new labor secretary nominee, one day after his original pick abruptly withdrew from ...

Rene Alexander Acosta is an American attorney and politician, who served as the 27th United States Secretary of Labor from 2017 to 2019 and is known for his instrumental role in arranging a ...

The president did not give a full vote of confidence in his Labor secretary. Amid growing calls from top Democrats for Alexander Acosta's resignation over his role in a controversial plea deal for ...

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Alexander Acosta, dean of Florida International University College of Law and chairman of U.S. Century Bank, is President Donald Trump's new nominee for Secretary of Labor, Fox News and CNBC are now ...

WASHINGTON - (AP) -- Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said Friday he is resigning following renewed scrutiny of his handling of a 2008 secret plea deal with wealthy financier Jeffrey Esptein , who is ...

President Trump said Thursday he plans to nominate the son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to be the next labor secretary. Trump said on Twitter that he will tap Eugene Scalia — a partner ...

The Senate voted to confirm Alexander Acosta as labor secretary Thursday, elevating the Florida law school dean and former U.S. attorney for Florida’s southern district to fill the last of President ...

Florida law school dean Alexander Acosta has moved a step closer to becoming President Donald Trump's secretary of labor. A Senate panel on Thursday voted along party lines, 12-11, to advance Acosta's ...

For nearly 15 years, the two men socialized together in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Fla., before a falling out that preceded Mr. Epstein’s first arrest. By Alan Feuer and Matthew Goldstein Tip pools ...