Tag: Trump Administration 2.0

Trump Names Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Scott Bessent As Treasury Chief

November 22, 2024 admin

Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named billionaire Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary, choosing the hedge fund manager to help execute an agenda promising tax cuts and tariffs. Bessent, who is chief executive officer of Key Square Group, has called for an extension of tax cuts from Trump’s first term, wants to reassert…

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Inside Trump’s Cabinet: Appointments And Front-Runners

November 19, 2024 admin

President-elect Donald Trump has made a flurry of picks for his cabinet and other high-ranking administration positions following his election victory. Here are the early picks and top contenders for some of the key posts overseeing defense, intelligence, health, diplomacy, trade, immigration and economic policymaking. MARCO RUBIO, secretary of state Trump tapped US Senator Marco…

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Trump Taps TVs “Dr. Oz” To Head US Public Health Insurance Program

November 19, 2024 admin

Washington: Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he was appointing Mehmet Oz, a former surgeon and TV celebrity known as “Dr. Oz,” to lead the United States’ massive public health insurance program. The 64-year-old heart surgeon was championed on daytime television by Oprah Winfrey before he entered politics with an unsuccessful bid for a Senate seat…

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Republicans Pick John Thune As Next US Senate Leader

November 13, 2024 admin

Washington: The Republicans in the US Senate picked John Thune as the chamber’s new leader Wednesday as lawmakers scrambling to prepare for President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration rejected his camp’s favored candidate. Thune, who already holds a junior leadership position, bested John Cornyn of Texas in a run-off to replace outgoing party leader Mitch McConnell,…

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