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WASHINGTON — US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department. He also selected Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees health insurance programs for millions of older, poor and disabled US citizens, and named Wall Street executive Howard …

FILE PHOTO: US President-elect Donald Trump gestures as he meets with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, November 13, 2024. WASHINGTON — US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department. He also selected Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head …

US President-elect Trump picks Dr Oz to run Medicare, Linda McMahon for Education, Lutnick for Commerce

WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Trump has promised to dismantle. He also selected Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees health insurance programs for millions of older, poor and …

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and cryptocurrency enthusiast, as his nominee for commerce secretary. He was Elon Musk’s pick to lead the Treasury Department Elon Musk and others in Trump’s orbit called on Trump last week to dump previous front-runner for treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, in favor of …

'On Mr. Trump’s nerves': Transition chief irks president-elect amid internal 'knife fight'

The man leading Donald Trump's transition team is reportedly driving the president-elect up the wall as he conducts a political "knife fight" against a powerful competitor. Wall Street executive Howard Lutnick's chances of securing a powerful role as Treasury Secretary appear to be dwindling as he continues to irk the president-elect, the New York Times reported late Sunday. "Lutnick, who …