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Three of Trump's Cabinet selections face allegations of sexual misconduct
Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. face questions about their personal actions as well as their professional qualifications ahead of the Senate confirmation process.
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Trump names former top DOJ official to serve as ambassador to NATO
Whitaker first took over the Justice Department on an acting basis during Trump’s first term in office in Nov. 2018, right after the midterm elections, when Trump announced on Twitter that Whitaker would be succeeding Jeff Sessions, whom Trump asked to resign.
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Democrats try to force a vote to release Matt Gaetz report as Ethics panel has ‘no agreement'
A Democrat said he would force a vote on releasing the report as Gaetz, Trump’s pick for attorney general, met with senators and Vice President-elect JD Vance on Wednesday.
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Trump picks former wrestling executive Linda McMahon for education secretary
President-elect Donald Trump is nominating the billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Trump has promised to dismantle.
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Trump ‘heavily working the phones' to drum up support for Matt Gaetz nomination
President-elect Donald Trump has been making calls to bolster his pick to lead the Justice Department — Matt Gaetz — who is already facing skepticism from some Republican senators, according to sources familiar with his push.
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Trump chooses Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
President-elect Donald Trump says he is nominating Dr. Mehmet Oz, who hosted a long-running television talk show, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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Trump picks Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick to be commerce secretary
President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he has chosen a key transition adviser and billionaire financial services executive, Howard Lutnick, to lead the Commerce Department.
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Ramaswamy's ‘jackhammer and chain saw' plan to force federal workers back into the office
Eighteen months after the pandemic ended, nearly two-thirds of the country’s 2.2 million federal workers are still approved to work from home.
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Caroline Kennedy, a U.S. ambassador, says her cousin RFK Jr. holds ‘dangerous' views on vaccines
Caroline Kennedy, the U.S. ambassador to Australia, bashed her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week over his views on vaccinations, calling them “dangerous.”
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Matt Gaetz allegedly paid an adult woman for sex in 2017, attorney says
Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, paid a woman for sex at a small, invitation-only party in Florida, where prostitution is illegal, in 2017 while he was a member of the House, the woman’s attorney said to NBC News on Monday.
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Trump says he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy to be transportation secretary
President-elect Donald Trump says he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as his nominee to be transportation secretary, as he continues to roll out picks for his Cabinet.
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Georgia appeals court cancels arguments in Trump election case until further notice
Three other criminal cases against Donald Trump have been put in limbo on the heels of the Republican’s election as president.
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House Ethics panel to meet on Trump attorney general pick Matt Gaetz report Wednesday
Many Senate Republicans want the House Ethics Committee report on Matt Gaetz to be released. Gaetz is a close ally of President-elect Donald Trump.
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Speaker Mike Johnson leaves the door open to recess appointments
The House speaker Johnson told “Fox News Sunday” that “we’ll have to see how this develops” when asked whether he’d let Trump bypass the usual Senate confirmation process.
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How Trump's win could change your health care
President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House is poised to have big impacts on consumer health care.
