President-elect Donald Trump is starting to fill key posts in his second administration. Here’s a look at whom he’s selected so far.
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Trump asks China hawk Mike Waltz to be his national security adviser
A person familiar with the matter tells The Associated Press that the president-elect has picked the Florida Republican and decorated war veteran for the role.
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FEMA says it fired worker who directed others to avoid helping hurricane survivors who backed Trump
The agency did not identify the employee, nor did it say where it happened, but Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said it happened in his state.
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Trump names former adviser Stephen Miller as deputy chief of policy
Miller was a senior adviser in Trump’s first term and has been a central figure in many of his policy decisions, particularly on immigration.
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Trump chooses New York Rep. Elise Stefanik as United Nations ambassador
Stefanik has long been one of Trump’s most loyal allies in the House and was among those discussed as a potential vice presidential choice.
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A person is dead and 16 hurt after a shooting at Tuskegee University
A man was taken into custody while leaving the scene of the campus shooting and had been found with a handgun with a machine gun conversion device.
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The Army’s answer to a lack of recruits is a prep course to boost low scores. It’s working
The Future Soldier Prep Course was started as a trial program two years ago to provide additional instruction for recruits who couldn’t meet the Army’s physical and academic test standards.
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New York parks employee dies fighting fires; air quality warnings issued in N.Y., New Jersey
The worker died when a tree fell on him Saturday afternoon.
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Drones strike Moscow as top U.K. official highlights casualties in Ukraine
A massive drone strike has rattled Moscow and its suburbs, injuring several people and temporarily halting traffic at some of Russia’s busiest airports.
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Trump on Day 1: Begin deportation push, pardon Jan. 6 rioters and make his criminal cases vanish
His to-do list also includes imposing tariffs on imported goods, rolling back protections for transgender children, and firing potentially thousands of federal employees he believes are secretly working against him.