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Kash Patel speaks during a campaign event for Republican election candidates at the Whiskey Roads Restaurant & Bar on July 31, 2022 in Tucson, Arizona.
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Trump allies lobby him to fire FBI director early and install loyalist Kash Patel
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The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. House Republicans are on the brink of clinching unified GOP control over Washington under President-elect Donald Trump, awaiting wins in just four of the chamber's 17 remaining uncalled races. Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Cabinet confirmation process and recess appointments, explained
Fox anchor Pete Hegseth interviews entrepreneur and venture capitalist Peter Thiel during "FOX & Friends" at Fox News Channel Studios on August 09, 2019 in New York.
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Trump Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth was involved in investigation into 2017 sexual assault allegation
Jared Kushner arrives as President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 6 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Jared Kushner expected to be pivotal to Trump admin’s Middle East efforts without taking a formal job
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joins then-candidate Donald Trump on stage at a campaign event sponsored by conservative group Turning Point USA, in Duluth, Georgia, on October 23, 2024.
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Trump’s latest controversial Cabinet pick could have a huge impact on Americans’ health and lives
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speak at a campaign rally on Monday, November 4, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Trump picks Doug Burgum for Interior secretary
FILE - Former Rep. Doug Collins speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign event at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Oct. 15, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
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Trump picks former congressman Doug Collins to serve as Veterans Affairs secretary
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - JULY 17: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks on stage on the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Delegates, politicians, and the Republican faithful are in Milwaukee for the annual convention, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his party's presidential nomination. The RNC takes place from July 15-18. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Sen. John Cornyn arrives for a closed briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, in April 2023.
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Gaetz faces rocky road to confirmation as pressure builds for release of House ethics probe
Former President Donald Trump speaks alongside his attorney Todd Blanche as he arrives for his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City.
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Trump picks his criminal defense attorneys Todd Blanche and John Sauer for key Justice Department posts
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Matt Gaetz would oversee US prisons as AG. He thinks El Salvador’s hardline lockups are a model
GLENDALE, ARIZONA - AUGUST 23: Former Republican presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens during a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump at Desert Diamond Arena on August 23, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. Kennedy announced today that he was suspending his presidential campaign and supporting former President Trump. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
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Trump picks Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his Department of Health and Human Services secretary
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From left: Matt Gaetz, Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth.
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Inside Trump’s latest flurry of controversial Cabinet picks
In this handout photo from the White House, President Joe Biden walks to the Oval Office with President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday.
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Biden set to meet with world leaders who have already moved on to Trump
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Judge recognizes ‘real possibility’ of Trump pardons as he delays trial for January 6 riot defendant
Pete Hegseth hosts the Fox Nation's Patriot Awards, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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Trump’s Pentagon pick aims for clash with top military leadership
Elon Musk steps onto stage as Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally from behind bullet resistant glass at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds on October 05, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. This is the first time that Trump has returned to Butler since he was injured during an attempted assassination on July 13.
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Trump wants Elon Musk to overhaul the government. Here’s what could be on the chopping block
US Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, speaks to the press outside the US Capitol as the House votes on a continuing resolution in the House in Washington, DC on September 30, 2023. Last-gasp moves to prevent a US government shutdown took a dramatic step forward Saturday, as Democrats overwhelmingly backed an eleventh-hour Republican measure to keep federal funding going for 45 days, albeit with a freeze on aid to Ukraine. The stopgap proposal adopted by the House of Representatives with a vote of 335-91 was pitched by Speaker Kevin McCarthy. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
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