The selection is in keeping with Trump’s view that the government’s intelligence agencies require a radical transformation and his stated desire for retribution against supposed adversaries.
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Gov. Mills not ready to join Trump resistance movement, yet
Gov. Janet Mills is taking more of a wait-and-see approach than some Democratic governors, who have formed a resistance network even before Donald Trump takes office.
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Bomb threats, swatting incidents target Trump’s Cabinet picks and appointees
The FBI said in a statement that it was ‘aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting incoming administration nominees and appointees’ and was investigating with its law enforcement partners.
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Trump threatens to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on Day 1
It was unclear whether the president-elect will actually make good on the threats – issued via posts on his Truth Social site Monday evening – or if he is using them as a negotiating tactic.
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Special counsel moves to abandon Trump election interference, classified document cases
DOJ prosecutors, citing longstanding guidance that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted, said the department’s position is that ‘the Constitution requires that this case be dismissed before the defendant is inaugurated.’
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Trump taps Brooke Rollins as agriculture chief, completing proposed slate of Cabinet secretaries
Rollins, who graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in agricultural development, is a longtime Trump associate who served as his former domestic policy chief.
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Trump chooses Bessent to be treasury secretary, Vought as budget chief, Chavez-DeRemer for Labor
The announcements Friday evening showed how Trump was fleshing out the financial side of his new administration.
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Public health advocates rail against Trump’s nomination of RFK Jr. for Cabinet post
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has made false claims about vaccines, has been tapped to become health and human services secretary in the Trump administration.
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Trump chooses Pam Bondi for attorney general pick after Gaetz withdraws
The swift selection of Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, to be U.S. attorney general came about 6 hours after Matt Gaetz withdrew.
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Former congressman Matt Gaetz withdraws as Trump’s pick for attorney general
As word of Gaetz’s decision to withdraw spread across the Capitol, Republican senators seemed divided. Sen. Susan Collins said Gaetz ‘put country first and I am pleased with his decision.’