Trump transition live updates: Trump names longtime ally Brooke Rollins as secretary of agriculture
Last updated: Monday, November 25, 2024 6:00PM GMT
President-elect Donald Trump continues to announce his picks for top jobs inside his administration.
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, said Thursday he is withdrawing his name for the role -- just a day after Gaetz spoke with Republican senators on Capitol Hill about the nomination process.
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Trump has named Pam Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, as his new pick for the role.
Another controversial Cabinet pick, Pete Hegseth, is on the Hill on Thursday with Vice President-elect JD Vance to make his case for the secretary of the Department of Defense job.
Meanwhile, Trump continues to announce his picks for top jobs inside his administration.
This combo image shows from left: Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem and John Ratcliffe.
Nov 25, 2024, 6:09 PM GMT
Trump picks Linda McMahon for education secretary
President-elect Donald Trump announced he is nominating Linda McMahon, a former World Wrestling Entertainment executive and the former Small Business Services secretary, to lead the Department of Education.
McMahon, who served as Trump's Small Business Services administrator for two years, has no teaching or experience but served one year on the Connecticut State Board of Education.
Linda McMahon, former Administrator of Small Business Administration, speaking during the Republican National Convention on Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee.
Her appointment must be approved by the Senate.
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ByKelsey Walsh, Lalee Ibssa and Soo Rin Kim
Nov 25, 2024, 6:09 PM GMT
Dr. Oz picked as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator
Dr. Mehmet Oz has been selected to serve as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Trump announced.
The agency is within the Department of Health & Human Services. The position requires Senate confirmation.
Trump indicated that Dr. Oz will work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on chronic diseases.
Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks at a rally alongside former President Donald Trump in Latrobe, Pa. Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022.
ByRin Kim, Lalee Ibssa and Kelsey Walsh
Nov 25, 2024, 6:09 PM GMT
Trump nominates Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary
Trump has announced Howard Lutnick as his commerce secretary pick.
The appointment requires Senate confirmation.
Howard Lutnick speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York.
CEO of investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald, Lutnick has been serving as co-chair of the Trump Transition team alongside Trump's former Small Business Administrator Linda McMahon, spending the past two weeks at the Trump Transition War Room he has set up at Mar-a-Lago recommending and vetting potential candidates for Trump's administration officials.
Lutnick has frequently joined Trump on the campaign trail and hosted numerous fundraisers for Trump alongside some of the major Republican donors like John Paulson, Duke Buchan and Woody Johnson.
The billionaire businessman was also vying for the job of treasury secretary, sources said, competing against investor and hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, who has also been considered a top contender for the role.
Lutnick's aggressive push to be tapped as Trump's treasury secretary as he spent hours with the president-elect nearly every day as a co-head of the transition team had frustrated some close to Trump, sources said.
Elon Musk has been a close ally of Lutnick, publicly endorsing him for the treasury spot recently and often seen together at events, including at the AFPI gala last week.
He had donated $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee in 2017 and most recently donated $5 million to pro-Trump super PAC Make America Great Again Inc.
Lutnick has been a vocal advocate for cryptocurrency, speaking at the annual Bitcoin Conference in Nashville earlier this year where Trump and RFK Jr. also spoke.
ByKelsey Walsh, Lalee Ibssa and Katherine Faulders
Nov 25, 2024, 6:09 PM GMT
Trump to attend SpaceX launch on Tuesday: Sources
Trump is expected to attend Tuesday's SpaceX launch in Texas, multiple sources told ABC News.
SpaceX said it is planning to hold the sixth integrated flight test of its Starship megarocket from its Starbase in Cameron County, Texas, on Tuesday afternoon.
President-elect Donald Trump looks on with Elon Musk, right, at a UFC 309 mixed martial arts flyweight title bout, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in New York.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk, who will co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency, has rarely left Trump's side since the election -- appearing in family photos with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and even traveling with him to New York for Saturday's UFC fight.
Trump frequently marveled at the intricacies of the SpaceX rocket launch while on the campaign trail.
"It was so exciting, so I'm watching it, and this monstrous thing is going down, right and it's coming down, it's first of all, doing all sorts of flips up in the air," Trump said at his last campaign rally of the cycle in Grand Rapids, Michigan.