The Labor Department on Friday released its jobs report for January, which showed that the U.S. economy added 143,000 jobs last month, which was below economists' expectations.
Trump’s pick for Labor secretary, former U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a Republican from Oregon, has been seen as a nod to those in organized labor who remained neutral in the presidential election.
Labor broke with its own longstanding policy by imposing mandatory sentences for hate crimes — but if it did it to blunt opposition attacks, it hasn't worked so far.