Mulvaney Tightens Grip on Labor Chief

Bloomberg Law: “Upon arriving at the West Wing in January, Mulvaney instituted a formalized system for settling regulatory policy and timeline disputes between White House assistants and Acosta’s top aides, said people with direct knowledge of the process. Conflicts are elevated to Mulvaney for a final decision.”

“Acosta and his staff have been losing these decisions so often that they’ve stopped bothering to appeal.”