Trump taps MAGA loyalists who lost their own races for plum administration jobs

Trump is tapping loyal allies for plum federal government jobs after they lost races to Democrats in recent years partly due to their ties to Trump himself.

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Trump taps MAGA loyalists who lost their own races for plum administration jobs

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