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By Timothy Gardner and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday he will appoint Republican former Congressman Lee Zeldin, who often voted against legislation on green issues including a measure to stop oil companies from price gouging, to head the Environmental Protection Agency. “He will ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency – whose mission is to help people before, during and after disasters – fired an employee who advised her survivor assistance team in Florida to not go to homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump, the agency’s administrator said. “This is a …

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By Gram Slattery and Alexandra Ulmer WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – As advisers and allies of Republican President-elect Donald Trump search for personnel to staff his coming administration, one quality is absolutely paramount: unquestioning loyalty. During his 2017-2021 term, Trump butted heads with key appointees, particularly those in the intelligence, national security and law …

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By Phil Stewart, Steve Holland and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump has picked Republican Representative Mike Waltz to be his national security adviser, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday, tapping a retired Army Green Beret who has been a leading critic of China. Waltz, a Trump loyalist who also …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An attorney helping President-elect Donald Trump assemble his new administration warned career employees at the U.S. Justice Department on Monday that they could be fired if they tried to resist the Republican’s agenda. “If these career DOJ employees won’t implement President Trump’s program in good faith, they should …

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By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Sarah McBride became the first openly transgender person elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, Edison Research projected on Tuesday, winning election to Delaware’s at-large seat. McBride, a 34-year-old state senator, won a competitive primary for Delaware’s at-large congressional district, considered safely Democratic, in September. She became the …

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By Brendan O’Brien and Maria Tsvetkova (Reuters) -Rainfall did little to slow a wildfire burning on the border of New York and New Jersey on Monday, officials said, as strong winds helped the fire grow. The Jennings Creek Fire, located about 30 miles northwest of New York City, has now torched some 5,000 acres (2,023 …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to tap immigration adviser Stephen Miller as White House deputy chief of staff for policy, a CNN reporter posted on X on Monday, which would place the architect of Trump’s restrictive first-term immigration agenda in a top position. Miller was a White House senior adviser for policy …

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By Gram Slattery (Reuters) -Donald Trump has begun the process of choosing a cabinet and selecting other high-ranking administration officials following his presidential election victory. Here are the early picks and top contenders for some of the key posts overseeing defense, intelligence, diplomacy, trade, immigration and economic policymaking. Some are in contention for a range …

Factbox-Trump 2.0: Who’s gotten a top job in his administration, and who’s in the running for one? Read More »