Dan Bongino, a former New York City police officer and Secret Service agent turned right-wing pundit and podcaster, will be the next deputy director of […]
Tag: Appointments and Executive Changes
Trump Appointees Fire 2,000 U.S.A.I.D. Employees and Put Others Worldwide on Leave
Trump administration appointees in charge of the U.S. Agency for International Development sent employees an email on Sunday afternoon saying that they were firing 2,000 […]
Trump’s Frustration With Generals Resulted in an Unconventional Pick
By late last week, President Trump had decided to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and replace […]
Firing of Joint Chiefs Chairman and Others Draws Criticism
Democrats and some former members of the military reacted with anger and sadness to the dismissal of Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. as the chairman […]
Pete Hegseth Fires Adm. Lisa Franchetti, Navy’s Top Officer
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that he was firing Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the first female officer to rise to the Navy’s top job […]
Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon
President Trump fired the country’s senior military officer on Friday after weeks of turmoil at the Pentagon, injecting politics into selecting the nation’s top military […]
Dan Caine, Trump’s Joint Chiefs Pick, Had Unusual Path to Top Ranks
In President Trump’s telling, Dan Caine, the retired Air Force lieutenant general whom he wants to be his next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of […]
Senate Confirms Patel as Next F.B.I. Director
The Senate on Thursday narrowly confirmed Kash Patel as the next director of the F.B.I., installing a hard-line critic of the bureau whose unwavering loyalty […]
Linda McMahon Faces Confirmation Hearing for Education Secretary
Linda McMahon, a sports entertainment mogul and longtime booster of President Trump, will face lawmakers on Thursday for the beginning of confirmation hearings as she […]
Trump Administration Moves Swiftly to Shake Up Top Career Justice Dept. Ranks
The frenetic scale and speed of leadership changes that the Trump administration has made at the Justice Department in its first week alone indicate the […]