Sean Higgins

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Labor Secretary Tom Perez was grilled Thursday over the impact that the Obama administration's upcoming rule that would expand who qualifies for overtime would have on higher education. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Labor chief grilled on upcoming overtime rule

Sean Higgins · March 17, 2016 7:07 pm

Garland has a long history of pro-union rulings. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Supreme Court pick has long pro-union history

Sean Higgins · March 16, 2016 9:52 pm

Union chief: "Employees who rely on Metro to commute to work should not be forced to use personal leave." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Union calls for paid time off due to Metro closure

Sean Higgins · March 16, 2016 7:35 pm

Key House committee backs Metro closure

Sean Higgins · March 16, 2016 1:28 am

In this photo made Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, Ailu Xu, a graduate student from China, posts a sign directing Chinese students to a new student orientation meeting at the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, Texas. The U.S. Census Bureau research shows immigrants from China and India, many with student or work visas, have overtaken Mexicans as the largest groups coming into the U.S. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Labor Dept. blames Congress for immigrant worker visa delays

Sean Higgins · March 15, 2016 7:42 pm

The TPP's unpopularity has prompted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to say he will not bring it up until after the November election. (Bloomberg photo)

Congress rushes trade deal before next president can undo it

Sean Higgins · March 7, 2016 5:01 am

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said, "I haven't been offered the position. I don't care to speculate on these things." (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Christie’s Trump endorsement fuels veep speculation

Sean Higgins · February 26, 2016 6:42 pm

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson urged supporters to donate to keep his campaign afloat through the Super Tuesday primaries. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Gary Coronado, Pool)

Carson still begging to be ‘attacked’

Sean Higgins · February 26, 2016 6:23 pm

Latinos lean leftward on aissues such as the minimum wage, healthcare and national security. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Latinos favor Dems on issues besides immigration

Sean Higgins · February 26, 2016 5:31 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he favors states with right-to-work laws because "it is better for the people" to not have to pay union dues if they don't want to. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Trump: ‘I like right-to-work better’

Sean Higgins · February 23, 2016 7:21 pm

Culinary Union 226, an affiliate of the service employee union Unite Here, will hold an event at the same Las Vegas hotel Monday evening that Donald Trump is scheduled to appear at for a rally. (AP Photo)

Union turmoil follows Trump to Vegas

Sean Higgins · February 22, 2016 8:53 pm

Moutray McLaren is the legislative assistant to Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

The poker pro who took his cards to Capitol Hill

Sean Higgins · February 22, 2016 5:01 am