Puzder withdraws as labor secretary nominee amid Republican opposition

WASHINGTON — The troubled nomination of fast-food executive Andy Puzder to become President Donald Trump’s labor secretary collapsed Wednesday amid growing Republican opposition. Puzder, chief executive of Carpinteria, Calif.-based CKE Restaurants Inc., the parent company of the Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s chains, abruptly withdrew his nomination just a day before he was to face his Senate…