Howard Lutnick is set to move from CEO of Wall Street finance firm Cantor Fitzgerald and co-chairman of President-elect Donald Trump‘s transition team to the next commerce secretary. Howard Lutnick speaks before former President Donald Trump, Republican presidential nominee, at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27,...
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Linda McMahon, the co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment and defendant in the “Ring Boys” civil suit filed in October, served in President-elect Donald Trump‘s first administration. Now, he has selected her to serve as his education secretary. Linda McMahon speaks during an America First Policy Institute gala at Mar-a-Lago on...
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Secretary of the Treasury Department is one of the most powerful Cabinet positions. Here are the people who are rumored to be President-elect Donald Trump’s top options for the role. Since the election, Trump has been picking nominees for his Cabinet. Some of his choices have been conventional — Sen....
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Rumors are swirling about whether the president-elect will call a recess for the Senate and appoint his Cabinet, as some of his picks may have trouble getting through Congress. Presidents have rarely wielded this authority. “Well, I hope we don’t need to get there. I hope enough Republican senators overall...
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President-elect Donald Trump nominated celebrity physician and television personality Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Oz has emerged as a close Trump ally, spending a significant amount of time at Mar-a-Lago. If confirmed, he will work closely with Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Robert...
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President Joe Biden is enjoying his 82nd birthday today at home after an especially low-key trip to South America. With exactly two months left in his term, Biden has no public events scheduled to celebrate his birthday, and he frustrated the traveling press by refusing to take their questions for...
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Vice President Kamala Harris has retreated from the public spotlight since her resounding loss to President-elect Donald Trump two weeks ago. As Democrats reel from a Republican takeover of Washington, Harris traveled to Kalaoa, Hawaii, on Tuesday evening, capping a postelection period in which she has shifted back into the...
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President-elect Donald Trump has nominated transition co-chairwoman Linda McMahon for education secretary. Trump named his other transition co-chairman, Howard Lutnick, for commerce secretary earlier Tuesday. In a statement released Tuesday night, Trump praised McMahon and said she will lead efforts “to send education back to the states.” “Linda will use...
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While many have been met with widespread approval, Trump’s recent Cabinet-level announcements are causing some consternation among Republicans on Capitol Hill. None more so than former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, whom the president-elect tapped as his attorney general. Other controversial nominees that could also face Senate confirmation battles include Fox...
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All but one of President-elect Donald Trump’s staff picks have a positive approval/disapproval rating in a process that a majority of America is giving a Trumpesque thumbs up to. The most popular member of Trump’s top staff and Cabinet picks is Sen. Marco Rubio, the Florida Republican nominated to be...
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Officials told the Washington Post that the briefings began after the November election. His last briefing was in January 2021. The process is customary and one of the earliest parts of the presidential transition process. “ODNI is acting consistent with the tradition, in place since 1952, of providing intelligence briefings...
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President-elect Donald Trump has promised to fundamentally remake the Department of Education in his second term, a move which, if achieved, will have a significant impact on initiatives President Joe Biden put into place to forgive student loan debt. During his own 2020 campaign, Biden vowed to forgive tens of...
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