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Trump Picks Howard Lutnick for Commerce Secretary
The billionaire executive and leader of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition team will be charged with promoting U.S. industry and overseeing technology controls on China.Business - The New York Times - November 19 -
Trump picks Linda McMahon for education secretary
Linda McMahon is a co-chair of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team and was the Small Business Administrator in his first term.Top stories - CBS News - November 19 -
Trump picks Howard Lutnick for commerce secretary job
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that he has picked Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick as his secretary of the Department of Commerce.Top stories - ABC News - November 19 -
Trump’s hunt for Treasury secretary down to the wire
The jockeying for President-elect Trump’s pick to run the all-important Treasury Department is coming down to the wire. Trump’s economic team will be tasked with imposing an aggressive tariff ...Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago -
Who is Linda McMahon, Trump's pick for education secretary?
President-elect Donald Trump announced he plans to nominate former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as education secretary. Washington Post political investigative reporter Beth Reinhard joins ...Top stories - CBS News - 6 days ago -
Donald Trump narrows in on Marc Rowan for Treasury secretary
Plus, Lebanon pins its hopes on the father-in-law of the president-elect’s youngest daughterWorld - Financial Times - 5 days ago -
Defence secretary to seek 'missing' nuclear test records
Men who witnessed nuclear tests in the 1950s are demanding answers over alleged secret monitoring programme.Top stories - BBC News - 5 days ago -
Trump expected to name Kelly Loeffler for Agriculture secretary
President-elect Trump is expected to name former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) to serve as secretary of Agriculture, a source close to the transition told The Hill. Loeffler is currently the co-chair ...Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago -
Trump picks Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary
Hedge fund manager will be responsible for implementing president-elect’s pledges to cut taxes and raise tariffsBusiness - Financial Times - 4 days ago -
Trump picks hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to serve as treasury secretary
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced he had asked Scott Bessent, a hedge fund executive and top fundraiser to his campaign, to serve as secretary of the Treasury Department.Top stories - NBC News - 4 days ago -
Trump Taps Investor Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary
The hedge fund manager will be responsible for steering President-elect Donald J. Trump’s unconventional economic agenda.Business - The New York Times - 4 days ago -
Trump taps Scott Bessent to serve as treasury secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Scott Bessent, a key campaign fundraiser, as his pick for Treasury secretary. If confirmed, Bessent will oversee fiscal policies amid ongoing concerns about ...Top stories - NBC News - 4 days ago -
Trump selects Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary
Scott Bessent, the founder of the Connecticut-based hedge fund Key Square Group, had been making a full-court press for the post.Top stories - CBS News - 4 days ago -
Trump names investor Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary
President-elect Trump on Friday named billionaire investor Scott Bessent to be his Treasury secretary. Bessent would be the key leader of the president-elect’s economic team, which will be tasked ...Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago -
Trump names Chavez-DeRemer for Labor secretary
President-elect Trump has tapped Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), to serve as Labor secretary in his new administration. Chavez-DeRemer had the backing of the Teamsters before she was officially ...Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago -
Trump picks Brooke Rollins to be agriculture secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Brooke Rollins, president of the America First Policy Institute, to be agriculture secretary.Top stories - NBC News - 3 days ago -
Former Defense secretary: Women 'vital' in combat
Former Defense Secretary William Cohen underscored the importance of having women in the military, including in combat roles, as President-elect Trump's pick for Defense secretary has come under ...Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago -
Nominee for agriculture secretary completes Trump cabinet
Brooke Rollins - head of a pro-Trump right-wing think tank - is his pick for agriculture secretary.Top stories - BBC News - 2 days ago -
Who is Trump's treasury secretary pick, Scott Bessent?
Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager who has helped fundraise for Donald Trump, is the president-elect's choice to lead the Treasury Department.Top stories - ABC News - 4 days ago -
How Scott Bessent won the Treasury secretary battle
Plus, what Trump means for Nato and the future of EuropeWorld - Financial Times - 19 hours ago -
Trump expected to pick Rubio for secretary of state, Kristi Noem for Homeland Security secretary
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem are expected to be nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be his secretary of state and secretary of Homeland Security, sources tell ...Top stories - CBS News - November 12 -
North Korea sends foreign minister to Russia as its troops train to fight in Ukraine
North Korea said Tuesday its top diplomat is visiting Russia in another sign of their deepening relations as rival South Korea and Western nations expressed alarm at the North’s alleged deployment ...World - ABC News - October 29 -
Top US official warns of 'large uptick' in foreign spies targeting tech companies
The nation's chief counterintelligence officer, Mike Casey, is warning of a "large uptick" in foreign spies trying to secretly infiltrate U.S. tech companies.Top stories - ABC News - October 29 -
Argentina's president fires his foreign minister after vote in favor of ending US embargo on Cuba
Argentina’s President Javier Milei has dismissed his foreign minister hours after the country voted against the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba at the U.N. Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino ...World - ABC News - October 30 -
Russia sends ex-US consulate employee to prison for ‘secret collaboration with foreign state’
Robert Shonov worked for 25 years for consulate and was arrested on suspicion of passing secret information about war in Ukraine to US. . A Russian former employee of the US consulate in Russia’s ...World - The Guardian - November 1 -
Foreign buyers eye Japan's empty houses with millions available for cheap — but experts warn of risks
While many places in the world face a housing shortage, Japan is facing the opposite problem: An oversupply of homes on the market.Business - CNBC - November 4 -
How Harris, Trump handle foreign affairs could play in the 2024 election: ANALYSIS
Foreign powers await the U.S. choice just as Americans do.Top stories - ABC News - November 5 -
'Foreign state actor' behind bomb threats that disrupted Georgia polling sites, Raffensperger says
Georgia election officials had to evacuate two polling locations outside of Atlanta on Election Day after a "foreign state actor" called in what were eventually deemed noncredible bomb threats, ...Politics - The Hill - November 5 -
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US diplomats brace as Trump plans foreign policy shake-up in wider purge of government
Analysts say it is hard to separate the president-elect’s bluster from his actual plans but it’s clear his priority is to bin many of Joe Biden’s policies. US election live: latest updates after ...World - The Guardian - November 7 -
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Trump’s world order: election win brings fears of a combustible US foreign policy
President-elect wants to end the wars in Ukraine and Middle East to focus on China. How he will try to get there is unclear. In the first Trump term Richard Moore, then the political director of ...World - The Guardian - November 9 -
1 person killed in Odesa drone attack as EU foreign policy chief arrives in Kyiv
Russia's deputy foreign minister says Moscow is open to hearing President-elect Donald Trump’s proposals on ending the war in UkraineWorld - ABC News - November 9