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President-elect Donald Trump has begun selecting the crucial aides who will form his second government.
In a significant move, Trump on Monday appointed Stephen Miller, one of his longest-serving immigration advisers, as deputy chief of staff for policy in the new White House. Miller’s appointment comes after Trump campaigned for president in 2024 on unlawfully mobilizing mass deportations of immigrants in the country.
Trump also chose former Rep. Lee Zeldin to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Tom Homan, former head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will become a ‘border czar’ overseeing the deportation policy.
And the president-elect is named Representative Elise StefanikRN.Y., to become the next Ambassador to the United Nations, and Rep. Mike WaltzR-Fla., to serve as his national security adviser
Trump’s choices come at a time when Republicans are poised to do just that keep control of the House. Remember, a party needs 218 seats to control the House of Representatives, and Republicans have locked up 213 so far, compared to Democrats’ 205.
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Donald Trump picks Kristi Noem as head of homeland security: reports
Donald Trump is expected to choose the governor of South Dakota. Kristi Noem leading the Department of Homeland Security, according to multiple news reports.
CNN first reported that Noem was Trump’s choice to become secretary of homeland security. Noem, a longtime Trump loyalist who joined Trump on the 2024 campaign trail, was a Republican congressman in South Dakota from 2011 to 2019. She was elected the state’s first female governor in 2018 and was re-elected in 2022.
Noem, 52, a rancher, farmer and small business owner, was briefly considered this year as Trump’s vice presidential running mate. But her bid quickly crumbled amid a public backlash after Noem acknowledged in a memoir earlier this year that she shot and killed her dog Cricket because he was “untrainable.”
− Joey Garrison
Donald Trump chooses Mike Waltz as national security advisor
Donald Trump has asked the Florida congressman Mike Waltz to serve as his national security adviser, according to two sources familiar with his selection.
Waltz, 50, will join the new administration as it navigates several tense geopolitical battles, including the wars between Ukraine and Russia and between Israel and Hamas. The role Trump asked Waltz to play does not require Senate confirmation.
The three-term lawmaker has served on the House Armed Services Committee, held civilian positions at the Pentagon and is a decorated Green Beret combat veteran. He is also an outspoken critic of the Defense Department’s diversity programs.
− Tom Vanden Brook and David Jackson
Donald Trump chooses former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin to lead EPA
Donald Trump has appointed former Representative Lee Zeldin as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
As head of the EPA, Zeldin is expected to be tasked with rolling back many of the Biden administration’s environmental regulations as Trump pushes an expansion of fossil energy.
“Lee, with a very strong legal background, has been a true fighter for America First policies,” Trump said in a statement. “He will ensure fair and swift deregulation decisions that will be made in a way that will unleash the power of American corporations while maintaining the highest environmental standards.”
− Joey Garrison
Stephen Miller appointed Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy
Donald Trump has tapped Stephan Molenaarone of his longest-serving immigration advisers, as deputy chief of staff for policy in the new White House.
Vice President-elect JD Vance congratulated Miller on his new role in a post on X after CNN first reported the move. “This is another fantastic choice by the president,” Vance said.
Miller’s appointment comes after Trump campaigned for president in 2024 on mobilizing mass deportations of undocumented immigrants who are in the country unlawfully.
Miller, 39, was Trump’s senior adviser and director of speechwriting during the Republican’s first term in the White House and is credited with shaping Trump’s immigration policies, including separating migrant children from their families and banning travel from predominantly Muslim countries. to land. Miller played a central role in Trump’s 2024 campaign.
– Joey Garrison
Who is Elise Stefanik? Donald Trump chooses a key House ally as the next UN ambassador
Donald Trump named Representative Elise StefanikRN.Y. according to him, will be the next ambassador to the United Nations several reports. The New York lawmaker accepted the offer.
Trump’s appointment of Stefanik, a longtime congressional ally, is his first Cabinet pick after he was re-elected to a second, non-consecutive term in the White House on Tuesday.
One from Stefanik most prominent moments came last year during a congressional hearing with university presidents from Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and MIT. During the hearing, she asked them whether the call for genocide against Jews warranted disciplinary action.
All three presidents hesitated and dodged the question, instead offering legal answers without directly condemning the call for genocide of the Jews. Two of the presidents, Liz Magill of Penn and Claudine Gay of Harvard, have since left their posts.
– Savannah Kuchar
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