Tracking Trump’s picks for his Cabinet and administration
By Curt Merrill, Way Mullery, Lou Robinson, Henrik Pettersson, Gillian Roberts, Janie Boschma and Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — President-elect…
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Intelligence agencies, already anxious over Trump, find some solace in Ratcliffe pick for CIA
By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — Inside the US intelligence community, a deep wariness about a second Trump administration has set in, stoked by…
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How a second Trump term could affect Social Security benefits
By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Though President-elect Donald Trump has often promised to protect Social Security, he has not explained exactly how…
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FBI arrests alleged leaker of US intelligence documents related to Israel’s attack plans against Iran
By Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has charged a man for allegedly leaking highly classified US…
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Special counsel Jack Smith looking at stepping down before Trump takes office and is discussing how to end prosecutions
By Paula Reid, Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith intends to step down before…
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Who is Kristi Noem, Trump’s pick for homeland security secretary
By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — In choosing South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as his homeland security secretary, President-elect Donald Trump is…
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‘Welcome back’: Biden offers Trump the smooth transition he never got as president-elect returns to the White House
By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — The last time Donald Trump was in the Oval Office, he scrawled out a two-page letter to Joe Biden in…
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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead new ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ in Trump administration
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Tami Luhby, Aaron Pellish and Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Elon Musk…
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Mike Huckabee once said that ‘there’s really no such thing as a Palestinian’
CNN By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday was his pick to…
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Trump picks Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as secretary of defense
By Jeremy Herb, Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann, Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has…
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Trump chooses John Ratcliffe to serve as his CIA director
CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has…
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Trump picks Bill McGinley to serve as his White House counsel
By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that veteran Republican lawyer Bill McGinley will serve as his…
Continue Reading Mike Huckabee once said that ‘there’s really no such thing as a Palestinian’
By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday was his pick to serve…
Continue Reading Trump chooses John Ratcliffe to serve as his CIA director
By Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has chosen…
Continue ReadingFamilies of American hostages captured by Hamas turn to Donald Trump for new hope
By MJ Lee and Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington (CNN) — The families of US hostages captured by Hamas on October 7, 2023, remain in agony, waiting…
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Trump picks Mike Huckabee to serve as US ambassador to Israel
By Kit Maher and Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has nominated former Arkansas Gov.…
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Decision on whether to overturn Trump’s New York hush money conviction is delayed
By Paula Reid, Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — New York Judge Juan Merchan on Tuesday agreed to give Manhattan…
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Trump wants to shut down the Department of Education. Here’s what that could mean
CNN By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to abolish the Department of Education. On the campaign…
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Supreme Court turns away January 6 defendant who challenged ‘picketing’ law under First Amendment
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away an appeal from John Nassif, a January 6 defendant who challenged a law…
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Supreme Court rejects Mark Meadows’ request to move Georgia election subversion case to federal court
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to let Mark Meadows move his Georgia election subversion case to federal court,…
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