Monday, December 9

Election 2024 live updates: Trump announces Cabinet picks RFK Jr., Matt Gaetz to mixed reactions

What to watch in Washington today

  • President-elect Donald Trump continues to

    build out his Cabinet

    ahead of his inauguration, announcing today that

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

    , an anti-vaccine activist, is his pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. The pick has been met with

    mixed reactions

    from senators.

  • Trump also this evening announced he’d

    tapped Todd Blanche

    to be deputy attorney general and former Rep. Doug Collins

    to be secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs

    .

  • Trump announced three picks yesterday, including

    Matt Gaetz

    to be attorney general. The selection of Gaetz, R-Fla., who

    offered his resignation

    from the House after the announcement,

    stunned many Senate Republicans

    , who warned his road to confirmation is not likely to be smooth.

  • A gathering of the Conservative Political Action Conference kicks off at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida today. Scheduled speakers include

    Argentine President Javier Milei

    and Matt Whitaker,

    previously viewed

    as a candidate to become Trump’s attorney general.

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