Tag: taps
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Trump taps Pam Bondi for attorney general after Gaetz withdraws
Trump taps Pam Bondi for attorney general after Gaetz withdraws – CBS News Watch CBS News President-elect Donald Trump has named former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his new pick for U.S. attorney general after former Rep. Matt Gaetz announced he was withdrawing from consideration for the role. CBS News senior White House and…
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Trump taps television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead key Medicare and Medicaid agency
Washington — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has selected Dr. Mehmet Oz — a celebrity heart surgeon who hosted a daytime television show — to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The agency falls under the Department of Health and Human Services and oversees Medicare, the federal portion of the Medicaid program,…
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Trump taps Musk-allied big tech critic Brendan Carr to head FCC
President-elect Donald Trump tapped Republican Brendan Carr, an Elon Musk-backed critic of big tech, to lead the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), calling Carr a “warrior for Free Speech” in a statement on Sunday. Carr has “fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans’ Freedoms” and will “end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling…
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Trump taps RFK Jr. as HHS secretary
Trump taps RFK Jr. as HHS secretary – CBS News Watch CBS News President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his pick to run the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, who ended his longshot independent presidential bid and endorsed Trump, has a history of being a…
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Shock in Washington, D.C., after Trump taps Gaetz for attorney general
Shock in Washington, D.C., after Trump taps Gaetz for attorney general – CBS News Watch CBS News President-elect Donald Trump continued to build his incoming administration on Wednesday, announcing a surprise pick of Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida for attorney general. CBS News’ Fin Gómez, Ed O’Keefe and Scott MacFarlane have more on how lawmakers…
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Analyzing the defense secretary role as Trump taps Hegseth
Analyzing the defense secretary role as Trump taps Hegseth – CBS News Watch CBS News President-elect Donald Trump picked Fox News host Pete Hegseth for the Secretary of Defense position. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd discusses what is expected of the role and if Hegseth is up for the challenge. Be the first…
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Trump taps former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to be director of national intelligence
Washington — President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he has selected former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who represented Hawaii in Congress as a Democrat and unsuccessfully sought the party’s presidential nomination in 2020, to serve as his director of national intelligence. “For over two decades, Tulsi has fought for our country and the freedoms of all…
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Trump taps Fox News host Pete Hegseth for defense secretary
Trump fills out Cabinet; Democrats swap blame Trump fills out his new Cabinet as Democrats point fingers 05:58 President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense, the former president announced Tuesday night. Hegseth, 44, is an Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and has an undergraduate degree…
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Trump taps Tom Homan for “border czar”
Trump taps Tom Homan for “border czar” – CBS News Watch CBS News President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Tom Homan as his “border czar.” Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will be overseeing border security and the potential deportation of millions of people. Ed O’Keefe reports. Be the first to know…
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Trump taps Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff
Trump taps Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff – CBS News Watch CBS News The Trump campaign has announced Susie Wiles as President-elect Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff. “It is a well-deserved honor to have Susie as the first-ever female Chief of Staff in United States history,” Trump said in a…