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Here are the people Trump has picked for key positions so far
President-elect Donald Trump is filling key posts in his second administration, and it's shaping up much differently than his first. He's prioritizing loyalists for top jobs.
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House Republicans signal support for proposal to ban bathroom access for 1st transgender member
House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled support Tuesday for a Republican effort to ban Democrat Sarah McBride — the first transgender person to be elected to Congress — from using women's restrooms in the Capitol once she's sworn into office next year.
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Trump and Musk solidify their bond with Texas trip for rocket launch
For two weeks, Donald Trump has welcomed Elon Musk into his world. On Tuesday, it was Musk's turn to play host to the president-elect.
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Five ways RFK Jr. could undermine lifesaving childhood vaccines
For years, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has leveraged his famous name, his celebrity connections and his nonprofit, Children’s Health Defense, to spread misinformation about vaccines and call their safety and efficacy into question. Soon, he might have the power to go much further.
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Trump chooses TV doctor Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees health insurance programs for millions of older, poor and disabled Americans and selected Wall Street executive Howard Lutnick to lead the Commerce Department.
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Trump’s Treasury challenge: A pick who loves tariffs yet calms markets
The conflicting goals of President-elect Donald Trump's economic agenda have been playing out as he debates who to choose as his Treasury secretary, a job that will entail steering tax cuts through Congress, leading trade talks with China and overseeing the $30 trillion U.S. bond market.
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Former Georgia judge suspended from practicing law after ouster on ethics charges
A former Georgia appeals court judge who was removed from the bench in 2023 for ethical misconduct has been suspended from practicing law until August 2025.
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Trump says he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy to be transportation secretary
President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as his nominee for transportation secretary, as he continues to roll out picks for his Cabinet.
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Speaker Johnson’s ‘epic’ weekend with Trump shows strengths and limits of his power
There was House Speaker Mike Johnson walking behind President-elect Donald Trump's entourage into Saturday night's UFC fight at Madison Square Garden, his stature overcome by the enormity of the scene around him.
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Georgia appeals court cancels hearing in election interference case against Trump
A Georgia appeals court on Monday canceled oral arguments that were scheduled for next month on the appeal of a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against President-elect Donald Trump.
