Tag: Trump
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Trump joins Musk for rocket launch as he continues staffing up administration
Trump joins Musk for rocket launch as he continues staffing up administration – CBS News Watch CBS News President-elect Donald Trump continued announcing picks for Cabinet positions and administrative roles, including tapping banking CEO Howard Lutnick to lead the Commerce Department. Trump also joined Elon Musk in Texas on Tuesday for a SpaceX rocket launch.…
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Trump expected to pick Linda McMahon, former wrestling executive, to head Department of Education, sources say
Trump to tap McMahon for education secretary Trump expected to name Linda McMahon as education secretary pick 00:22 President-elect Donald Trump is expected to pick Linda McMahon, the former wrestling executive, to head the Department of Education, two sources familiar with the transition told CBS News Tuesday. McMahon led the Small Business Administration during Trump’s…
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Trump “hush money” sentencing could hang in limbo for years
Trump “hush money” sentencing could hang in limbo for years – CBS News Watch CBS News President-elect Donald Trump might have to wait until his presidency is over before he’s sentenced for his New York “hush money” conviction. CBS News Supreme Court and legal producer Catherine Cole has more. Be the first to know Get…
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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 will nominate transition adviser and billionaire Howard Lutnick for commerce secretary
President-elect Donald Trump says he’ll nominate Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald, to be commerce secretary, a position in which he’d have a key role in carrying out Trump’s plans to raise and enforce tariffs. Trump announced his pick Tuesday in a social media post. Lutnick is a co-chair of Trump’s…
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Attorney details allegations against Trump attorney general-pick Matt Gaetz
Attorney details allegations against Trump attorney general-pick Matt Gaetz – CBS News Watch CBS News A lawyer for two women who have accused Matt Gaetz of sexual misconduct is laying out the details of his clients’ allegations, saying they told a House committee they were paid to have sex with Gaetz. Gaetz has denied all…
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Trump win fuels discussion of Israel annexing the West Bank. Here’s what that means.
In the wake of former President Donald Trump’s re-election, Israel’s far-right minister of finance suggested the country would look to annex the occupied West Bank in 2025. Here’s what you need to know: What is the West Bank? The West Bank is an area of land on the west bank of the Jordan River, which…
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Lawmakers question confirmability of some Trump Cabinet picks
Lawmakers question confirmability of some Trump Cabinet picks – CBS News Watch CBS News Controversy is growing over some of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks. Lawmakers are pressuring the House Ethics Committee to release a report into Trump’s pick for attorney general, former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett has…
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Trump picks Sean Duffy, Fox host and former Wisconsin congressman, for 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. Duffy is a former reality TV star who was one of Trump’s most visible defenders on cable news — a prime concern for the media-focused president-elect.…
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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…