Trump picks Massad Boulos to serve as adviser on Arab, Middle Eastern affairs

Trump picks Massad Boulos to serve as adviser on Arab, Middle Eastern affairs

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday (December 1, 2024) said Lebanese American businessman Massad Boulos would serve as senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs. Mr. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social. Mr. Boulos, the father-in-law of Trump’s daughter Tiffany, met repeatedly with Arab American and Muslim leaders during the election campaign. It […]

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Beats’ picks: Will No. 11 Duke men’s basketball knock off Kansas, the top-ranked team in the country?

Beats’ picks: Will No. 11 Duke men’s basketball knock off Kansas, the top-ranked team in the country?

For the second time in as many games, the Blue Devils are taking on a ranked opponent. The Chronicle’s beats are here to share their predictions for No. 11 Duke’s matchup with No. 1 Kansas. Ranjan Jindal: Kansas 71-69 Duke got a boatload of confidence from the Arizona win, and I’m sure that will be […]

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Trump transition says Cabinet picks, appointees were targeted by bomb threats, swatting attacks

Trump transition says Cabinet picks, appointees were targeted by bomb threats, swatting attacks

The FBI said in a statement that it is “aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting incoming administration nominees and appointees.” File | Photo Credit: AP Several of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and appointees have been targeted by bomb threats and “swatting attacks,” Trump’s transition said on Wednesday, November 27, 2024. “Last […]

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Trump transition says Cabinet picks, appointees were targeted by bomb threats, swatting attacks

Trump picks attorney Brooke Rollins as Agriculture Secretary

Brooke Rollins. File | Photo Credit: AP President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday (November 24, 2024) that he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his Agriculture Secretary, the last of his picks to lead executive agencies and another choice from within his established circle of advisers and allies. The nomination must be […]

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Trump picks Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid, Linda McMahon for Education, Lutnick for Commerce

Trump picks Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid, Linda McMahon for Education, Lutnick for Commerce

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday (November 19, 2024) tapped billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Mr. Trump has promised to dismantle. He also selected Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees health […]

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Trump picks Brendan Carr to lead the Federal Communications Commission

Trump picks Brendan Carr to lead the Federal Communications Commission

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump announced Sunday that he has selected Brendan Carr, a Republican on the Federal Communications Commission who wrote a chapter on the regulatory agency in the conservative Project 2025 playbook, to be the FCC’s chairman. Carr argued in the Project 2025 chapter that the agency, which is tasked with regulating radio, […]

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Donald Trump Picks Brendan Carr as Next FCC Chair

Donald Trump Picks Brendan Carr as Next FCC Chair

President-Elect Donald Trump has chosen FCC commissioner Brendan Carr to be its next chairman. Carr, who is the senior Republican member of the commission, was first nominated to the FCC in 2017 by Trump. “Commissioner Carr is a warrior for Free Speech, and has fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans’ Freedoms, and […]

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Trump transition says Cabinet picks, appointees were targeted by bomb threats, swatting attacks

Trump attends UFC championship fight in New York, taking a break from Cabinet picks

Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk, along with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (not pictured), attend an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event at Madison Square Garden, in New York City, U.S. November 16, 2024,. | Photo Credit: REUTERS President-elect Donald Trump walked out to a roaring standing ovation just ahead of the start of the […]

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Trump picks RFK Jr., anti-vaccine activist, for health and human services secretary

Trump picks RFK Jr., anti-vaccine activist, for health and human services secretary

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist who dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Trump, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Trump made the announcement on his social media platform, Truth Social. “I am thrilled to announce Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as The United States […]

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Trump picks RFK Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services : NPR

Trump picks RFK Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services : NPR

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign rally for Donald Trump at Macomb Community College in Warren, Mich., on Nov. 1. Trump has now tapped Kennedy for his administration. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a former independent presidential candidate […]

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