Turning to an industry he’s rebuked, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Monday he wants Alex Azar, a former deputy for the health department-turned-pharmaceutical executive, to be his health secretary. CBC | Health News
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Trump nominates his deputy chief of staff to lead DHS
Published time: 12 Oct, 2017 20:04 US President Donald Trump has formally nominated Kirstjen Nielsen to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Nielsen, 45, currently serves as deputy to Chief of Staff John Kelly, whom she worked under when he headed the DHS prior to taking the position at the White House. “There will […]
Trump nominates Columbia law professor Robert Jackson for SEC seat
Screenshot via Bloomberg Law/YouTube WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday nominated Columbia University law professor Robert Jackson, an advocate for public disclosure of political spending by companies, for a vacant seat on the five-member US Securities and Exchange Commission. If the nomination is approved by the US Congress, Jackson would fill a spot […]
‘He has best CIA stuff’: WikiLeaks nominates Assange to run Trump’s ‘US-Russia cyber security unit’
Published time: 10 Jul, 2017 03:20 The whistleblowing website Wikileaks has suggested that Donald Trump appoint Julian Assange as the chief of the joint cyber security unit as discussed with President Vladimir Putin. Trump, however, clarified that discussions do not mean any plans for such unit are in the works. On Sunday, Trump announced on […]
Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch to fill Supreme Court vacancy
Neil Gorsuch is President Donald Trump’s pick for Supreme Court justice, the president announced in a Facebook Live video Tuesday evening. [embedded content] Gorsuch, 49, is a US Circuit Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, which covers six states. Gorsuch would be the youngest addition to the high court since […]
