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Tracking Trump’s Cabinet and Staff Nominations
President-elect Donald J. Trump has quickly begun to assemble the list of people he wants to serve in his cabinet and in other senior positions during his second term. The cabinet always comprises at least 16 positions — the vice president and the heads of the 15 executive departments — and presidents have discretion to elevate other officials, like the White House chief of staff, to the cabinet level. This page will be updated as new announcements are made.
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A Florida senator who was first elected in 2010 as part of a new generation of conservative Tea Party leaders, Mr. Rubio was ridiculed by Mr. Trump as “Little Marco” when they competed for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.
Mr. Gaetz, a Florida Republican congressman who in 2023 successfully pushed to oust Kevin McCarthy from his post as speaker of the House, is a fierce ally of Mr. Trump. He was the subject of a federal sex trafficking investigation that concluded in 2023 when the Biden Justice Department declined to bring charges. He was under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for sexual misconduct until he resigned from the House on Nov. 13, 2024, after Mr. Trump announced his intention to nominate him.
Mr. Hegseth is a Fox News host and a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Kristi Noem
Homeland security secretary
Announced
Ms. Noem, the governor of South Dakota, is a Trump loyalist who was once seen as a potential candidate for vice president.
Mr. Ratcliffe is a former Texas congressman who served as director of national intelligence during Mr. Trump’s first term.
A former Democratic House member who ran for president in 2020 and then left the party, Ms. Gabbard was briefly considered by Mr. Trump as a possible running mate. She is a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve and served in Iraq.
A former congressman from Long Island who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2022, Mr. Zeldin is an avid supporter of Mr. Trump who voted against certifying the results of the 2020 election. During Mr. Zeldin’s tenure in the House of Representatives, he voted against clean water legislation at least a dozen times and clean air legislation at least half a dozen times, according to a scorecard from the League of Conservation Voters.
Ms. Stefanik, who represents an upstate New York district in the House and is a member of the Republican leadership in the chamber, has been a vocal supporter of Mr. Trump. She emerged as a key ally during Mr. Trump’s first impeachment proceeding. She has minimal experience in foreign policy and national security.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Health and human services secretary
Announced
Mr. Kennedy, an environmental lawyer and an heir to of one of America’s most storied Democratic families, has no medical or public health degree. He is a vocal vaccine skeptic and critic of the C.D.C., and has promoted theories that suggest H.I.V. is not the true cause of AIDS.
The governor of North Dakota briefly sought the Republican presidential nomination before dropping out and supporting Trump. He has longstanding ties to fossil fuel companies and was a liaison between the Trump campaign and oil executives.
A former House representative for Georgia, Mr. Collins serves in the Air Force Reserve as a chaplain and deployed to Iraq for five months in 2008. He was one of Mr. Trump’s most vocal defenders during his first impeachment inquiry.
Mr. Wright is the chief executive of Liberty Energy, a Denver-based fracking company. He has no government experience and caught the attention of Mr. Trump in part through his appearances on Fox News.
Mr. Vance, a former venture capitalist in Silicon Valley, is a relative political newcomer. He rose to fame in 2016 after the publication of “Hillbilly Elegy,” his best-selling memoir about his experiences growing up in Appalachia. He previously criticized Mr. Trump as “reprehensible,” but won Mr. Trump’s backing when he ran successfully for Senate in 2022 by embracing Mr. Trump’s politics and his lies that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
Ms. Wiles, the political tactician who managed Mr. Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, has worked in Republican campaigns and administrations, at both the federal and state levels, since the Reagan era. She was the only campaign manager to survive an entire campaign working for Mr. Trump, and will be the first woman to serve as White House chief of staff.
Mr. Blair will join the White House as deputy chief of staff for legislative, political and public affairs. He was the political director of the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee during the 2024 election cycle.
Mr. Budowich joined the Trump campaign after running a pro-Trump super PAC called MAGA Inc. He will be in charge of communications and personnel in the Trump White House.
Mr. Miller is an immigration hard-liner who was an influential aide during Mr. Trump’s first term. He traveled with Mr. Trump during the campaign and encouraged him to elevate immigration as the top issue in the closing weeks of the race. He returns to the White House as homeland security adviser and deputy chief of staff for policy.
Mr. Scavino, one of the president-elect’s closest advisers, served as director of social media and deputy chief of staff for communications during the first Trump administration.
Mr. Homan, who served as a senior immigration official in Mr. Trump’s first administration, will manage Mr. Trump’s campaign promise of widespread deportations of undocumented immigrants and the tightening of measures that allow some of them to stay in the country legally. He has decades of experience in immigration enforcement.
A former Green Beret and current Florida congressman, Mr. Waltz is widely regarded on Capitol Hill as a hawk on China and Iran. He served multiple combat tours in Afghanistan and opposed President Biden’s withdrawal of troops from the country.
Mr. McGinley served as a cabinet secretary during Mr. Trump’s first term. A vocal supporter of Mr. Trump, he was favored by allies who supported more aggressive lawyers than some who had worked for Mr. Trump in the past.
Mr. Cheung was Mr. Trump’s main campaign spokesman during the 2024 election cycle. He served in the first Trump White House as director of strategic response.
Ms. Leavitt most recently served as Mr. Trump’s campaign press secretary. At 27, she will be the youngest person ever to assume the role.
Mr. Scharf, an attorney for Mr. Trump, appeared before the Supreme Court on Mr. Trump’s behalf in the presidential immunity case. He ran and lost in this year’s Republican primary for Missouri attorney general.
A former aide to Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, Mr. Gor co-founded a publishing company with Donald Trump Jr. that produces the president-elect’s books. He was also was the chief executive of a super PAC that spent tens of millions of dollars on Mr. Trump’s behalf.
Mr. Musk — owner of SpaceX, Tesla and the social network X, among other companies — is the world’s richest person. Once a critic of Mr. Trump, he has risen to a position of extraordinary influence in the president-elect’s orbit.
An entrepreneur and political newcomer, Mr. Ramaswamy became a fervent Trump acolyte after challenging him for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
Mr. Lutnick is the chairman and chief executive of Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services firm. A longtime registered Democrat, he has said that the party moved away from his interests and that he is now a Republican. He donated $1 million to Mr. Trump’s inauguration in 2017 and appeared on an episode of “The Apprentice” while Mr. Trump was the show’s host. He has no known experience in the federal government.
Ms. McMahon is a major donor to Mr. Trump, a onetime Senate candidate from Connecticut and a former executive of a professional wrestling empire that she founded with her husband. She served in Mr. Trump’s first cabinet as the head of the Small Business Administration.
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