WASHINGTON, April 21 -- US Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer said on Monday she will step down from the role, departing after a tenure beset by a series of scandals including complaints over the treatment of young female staffers.

Her exit caps weeks of speculation about her future and follows the ousting of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi, within days of each other, as Trump's cabinet has become a revolving door for women in recent weeks.

"While my time serving in the Administration comes to a conclusion, it doesn't mean I will stop fighting for American workers," Chavez-DeRemer wrote in an X post, adding she will return to the private sector.

In an earlier post announcing her departure, Whi...