Political appointments
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Republicans avoided a confirmation firestorm when former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration as attorney general, but lawmakers on Capitol Hill are already bracing for how they’ll navigate the next slew of unorthodox Donald Trump picks — and they have warned the president-elect’s choice to lead the Pentagon, who faces controversy over his past comments and history,…
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President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has been vetting potential members of his Cabinet for months, and the American public doesn’t care if the FBI performs the background checks on Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth and other nominees, Sen. Bill Hagerty said Sunday. “What the American public cares about is to see the mandate they voted…
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Matt Gaetz withdrew Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general following continued scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation that cast doubt on his ability to be confirmed as the nation’s chief federal law enforcement officer. The abrupt withdrawal is a setback to Trump’s push to install steadfast loyalists in his incoming administration, but also a…
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed some men and women to serve in the Office of the President under the Media and Publicity Directorate. A statement signed by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, enumerated the new appointees as follows: (1) Mr Fela Durotoye Senior Special Assistant to the President…
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Despite persistent calls for a drastic reduction in the cost of governance amid dwindling revenue and burgeoning debt profile, President Bola Tinubu yesterday forwarded a fresh list of 19 ministerial nominees to the Senate for confirmation, taking the number of nominees to an unprecedented 47. This is in addition to the earlier list of 20 Senior…
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