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Making an impact for misclassified workers As 2024 comes to a close, it’s a good time to reflect on how the U.S. Department of Labor delivers results for workers across the country. We’re particularly proud of enforcing minimum…

Far from home, worker calls Labor Department, desperate for help It was my fourth year as a Wage and Hour investigator when I got the call that would lead me to a powerful lesson: As a U.S. Department of Labor employee, I can…

Commemorating National Miners Day On National Miners Day, we join together to show our appreciation for the miners—past and present—that power our homes, support our national defense and have built our nation with their…

With the incoming Trump administration's pledge to begin mass deportations of undocumented immigrants in the United States, some mayors in Democratic states are taking steps to prepare for the new policies. Aron Ranen reports from New York…

WASHINGTON — The United States has transferred two Malaysian detainees at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. military prison to their home country after they pleaded guilty to charges related to deadly 2002 bombings in Bali and agreed to testify…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Wednesday to hear a bid by TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, to block a law intended to force the sale of the short-video app by January 19 or face a ban on national…

GENEVA — International human and animal health experts warn the H5N1 avian influenza is evolving quickly and posing a global health threat as the virus is increasingly crossing species barriers and infecting a wide range of domestic and…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. cybersecurity watchdog CISA is telling senior American government officials and politicians to immediately switch to end-to-end encrypted messaging following intrusions at major American telecoms blamed on Chinese…

The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday lowered its target interest rate but signaled it might take longer than previously expected to bring inflation down to the central bank’s target rate of 2% per year. That means there will likely be…

STATE DEPARTMENT — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a "substantive" face-to-face meeting Wednesday morning with Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who has been selected by President-elect Donald Trump as his nominee for…