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May 10, 2017
Scott Gottlieb, the new FDA chief, explained
Trump wants to deregulate the Food and Drug Administration. He chose the right guy for the job.
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March 8, 2017
Trump’s rumored pick for NATO ambassador doesn’t seem to agree with him about NATO
He once tweeted that "if you think Trump knows foreign policy issues then absolutely yes, you are stupid."
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March 8, 2017
The weird mystery of the Trump administration's agriculture secretary vacancy
Sonny Perdue's stalled confirmation, not explained because nobody knows what's happening
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March 2, 2017
Now that he’s confirmed, Rick Perry has a big decision to make about the Energy Department
He’s entering the agency right at a moment of crisis.
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February 21, 2017
549 key positions in the administration need Senate confirmation. So far, Trump has filled 14.
A conversation with Max Stier, the CEO of a group that helped prepare Trump for the transition.
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February 20, 2017
H.R. McMaster, Trump’s pick for national security adviser: a brief guide
A good general who's just been given a very tough job.
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February 16, 2017
The confirmation hearing for Trump's ambassador to Israel was a total circus
David Friedman’s controversial positions on Israel prompted protests and skepticism.
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February 16, 2017
Donald Trump just named his next labor secretary nominee
The new nominee’s CV could hardly look more different than that of Trump’s first pick.
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February 16, 2017
Donald Trump is falling way behind schedule in executive branch appointments
He’s losing nominees faster than he’s designating new ones.
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February 15, 2017
Donald Trump’s pick for labor secretary is withdrawing
Andrew Puzder was sunk by two high-profile scandals that led several Republican senators to refuse to support his candidacy.
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February 15, 2017
The ex-wife of Trump's Labor pick appeared on this domestic violence episode of Oprah
She has since retracted the allegations, but the video is likely to hurt an already imperiled nomination.
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February 14, 2017
Trump said he would hire the best people. Instead we got the Trump administration.
A reality TV star, not a management savant.
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February 14, 2017
Michael Flynn, Trump's national security adviser, resigns over Russia lies
Flynn, a Trump loyalist, had been on thin ice even before the scandal that cost him his job.
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February 10, 2017
The controversy around HHS secretary Tom Price’s stock portfolio, explained
Why Democrats are attacking Price’s conflicts of interest at his confirmation hearings.
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February 9, 2017
Tom Price is likely headed for overnight confirmation as HHS secretary
He’s expected to oversee Obamacare repeal efforts for the Trump administration.
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February 7, 2017
Betsy DeVos can change education in America without doing a thing
When she does, what will happen to the high-profile resistance to Trump’s most divisive nominee?
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February 7, 2017
How Betsy DeVos became Trump’s most controversial nominee
She’ll likely be confirmed today with less support than any Cabinet member in history.
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February 7, 2017
There's still one Trump nominee who could go down in flames
Why one Trump Cabinet nominee is still stuck at the starting gate.
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February 7, 2017
Someone paid random internet users to lobby for Betsy DeVos's confirmation
Unknown “bad actors” may be behind these odd ads for the secretary of education nominee.
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February 7, 2017
Partisanship of Cabinet confirmations is rising. But Trump’s picks are still different.
This chart that shows how Cabinet nominations have become hyperpartisan.
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February 1, 2017
On the day Rex Tillerson is confirmed, the House votes to kill a transparency rule for oil companies
At least Exxon Mobil had a good day.
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February 1, 2017
The mystery that is Rex Tillerson
What will Rex Tillerson do as secretary of state? It’s really hard to say.
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February 1, 2017
Republicans change Senate rules to thwart boycott over Trump nominees’ inaccurate testimony
Trump’s Cabinet picks will pay no price for clear falsehoods in their sworn statements.
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January 31, 2017
Senate Democrats are boycotting a vote on Tom Price over his sweetheart deals
They’re boycotting a vote on Steve Mnuchin too.