POLITICS

Trump nominates Marty Makary, who opposed COVID vaccine mandates, to head FDA

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President-elect Donald Trump nominated Dr. Marty Makary Friday to lead the Food and Drug Administration, selecting a surgeon and author who opposed vaccine mandates and some other public health measures during the coronavirus pandemic. Makary, a Johns Hopkins University professor, is the latest in a string of Trump nominees who have declared the U.S. health

Trump Names NFL Veteran Scott Turner as HUD Secretary

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Trump commended Turner’s role in shaping one of his signature policies, the opportunity zones, during his first term. WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump announced on Friday the nomination of former NFL player Scott Turner to lead his Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Turner, 52, worked during Trump’s first term, serving as the executive director of

NFL Veteran Scott Turner Named as New HUD Secretary Nominee

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Trump commended Turner’s role in shaping one of his signature policies—opportunity zones—during his first term. WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump announced on Friday the nomination of former NFL player Scott Turner to lead his Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Turner, 52, served in Trump’s first administration as the executive director of the White House Opportunity

Sebastian Gorka, Alex Wong to Join Trump Administration as Senior National Security Staff

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The two served during the first term. President-elect Donald J. Trump has announced two new picks for his national security team, including a veteran of his first term familiar to many radio listeners. Sebastian Gorka, who served as a deputy assistant to the president in 2017, will reprise that role while also serving as counterterrorism