Washington, D.C. – Two more controversial Trump administration cabinet posts were confirmed on Thursday. Former Texas governor Rick Perry was confirmed as Energy Secretary in a 62-37 vote, according to a report by USA Today. Perry once promised to eliminate ...
(NBC News/Kristen Welker) — President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Montana, for secretary of the interior, a top transition source told NBC News on Tuesday. Zinke, 55, a member of the House Natural Resources Committee who’s described as ...
(CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to serve as secretary of state, the transition team announced Tuesday, setting up a heated Senate confirmation battle and signaling a desire to ease Washington’s estrangement with Russia. Like ...
Washington, D.C. – After President-elect Donald Trump announced Dr. Ben Carson as a nominee for the next secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement; “Ben Carson has given me plenty of ...
(CNN) — Ben Carson will be nominated as the next secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Trump transition team announced Monday. “I am thrilled to nominate Dr. Ben Carson as our next Secretary of the US ...
(CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump will nominate retired Marine Gen. James Mattis as his secretary of defense, he announced Thursday in Cincinnati at the beginning of his post-election tour. “We are going to appoint ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis as our secretary ...
(NBC News) — President-elect Donald Trump will hold a press conference on December 15th to detail his plan to remove himself from his businesses in order to avoid conflicts of interest. “The presidency is a far more important task,” Trump ...
(CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Elaine Chao, the former labor secretary and wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, to be his choice for transportation secretary, an official briefed on the matter told CNN on Tuesday. The announcement ...
(NBC News) — Retired General Michael Flynn returned to Trump Tower Thursday. President-elect Donald Trump’s close aide is now reportedly his pick for National Security Advisor. The retired three-star general is controversial, appearing in the past on Russian T.V. and ...