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Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Steps Down Amid Misconduct Probe

HeadlineApr 21, 2026

U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned Monday amid a series of reports that she abused her position. She’s accused of using public funds for personal travel; bringing subordinates to a strip club; drinking on the job in government offices; and having a romantic affair with her bodyguard. This comes after Chavez-DeRemer’s husband Shawn DeRemer was barred from the Labor Department’s headquarters after at least two female staff members reported he had sexually assaulted them. Lori Chavez-DeRemer is the third member of Trump’s Cabinet to be forced out in the last seven weeks — all of them women — following the departure of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi.

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