Wednesday, November 20, 2024

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1/ Trump nominated Linda McMahon, the co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment, to lead the Education Department that he has repeatedly vowed to dismantle. Like Betsy DeVos, Trump’s first-term education secretary, McMahon has no significant background working in public schools, teaching, or education policy outside of an appointment in 2009 to the Connecticut State Board of Education, where she served for just over a year. McMahon, a major Republican donor who has given tens of millions of dollars in support of pro-Trump causes, co-founded the America First Policy Institute, which advocates for school choice and the use of public funds — through vouchers and tax credits — for private schools. In his statement announcing the pick, Trump said McMahon “will fight tirelessly to expand ‘Choice’ to every State in America, and empower parents to make the best Education decisions for their families.” Trump added: “We will send Education BACK TO THE STATES, and Linda will spearhead that effort.” (NPR / Wall Street Journal / New York Times / CBS News / Washington Post / NBC News / CNN / Axios / Politico / ABC News)

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  Trump will nominate Matthew Whitaker as the U.S. ambassador to NATO. Whitaker is a conservative attorney who spent four months serving as acting attorney general in Trump’s first term. (NPR / Politico / Associated Press)

  
  


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  Who’s in Trump’s new administration so far:

  
  


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  Marco Rubio, Secretary of State
  
  Pete Hegseth, Defense
  
  Matt Gaetz, Attorney General
  
  Doug Burgum, Interior
  
  Howard Lutnick, Commerce
  
  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health and Human Services
  
  Sean Duffy, Transportation
  
  Chris Wright, Energy
  
  Linda McMahon, Education
  
  Dough Collins, Veterans Affairs
  
  Kristi Noem, Homeland Security
  
  Mike Waltz, National Security
  
  Lee Zeldin, EPA
  
  Elise Stefanik, UN Ambassador
  
  Susie Wiles, Chief of Staff
  
  Elon Musk, Department of Government Efficiency
  
  Vivek Ramaswamy, Department of Government Efficiency
  
  Tulsi Gabbard, National Intelligence
  
  John Ratcliffe, CIA director
  
  Matt Whitaker, Ambassador to NATO
  
  Mike Huckabee, Ambassador to Israel
  
  Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy to the Middle East
  
  Dr. Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  
  Bill McGinley, White House Counsel
  
  Tom Homan, “Border Czar”
  
  Dan Scavino, Deputy Chief of Staff
  
  Stephen Miller, Deputy Ch...
  

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