U.S. Labour Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned on Monday (April 20, 2026) amid allegations of misconduct at the department.
Her deputy, Keith Sonderling, will serve as acting secretary, the White House said.
“While my time serving in the Administration comes to a conclusion, it doesn’t mean I will stop fighting for American workers. I am looking forward to what the future has in store as I depart for the private sector,” Ms. Chavez-DeRemer said a statement.
Her departure makes her the third to leave U.S. President Donald Trump’s cabinet in recent weeks. Kristi Noem was fired as secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in March and Pam Bondi left as attorney general less than a month later.
Mr. Trump had been weighing a broader cabinet reshuffling as he grew increasingly frustrated with the political fallout from the war with Iran, five people familiar with internal White House discussions told Reuters earlier this month.
