Monday, December 9

Election 2024 live updates: Trump announces Cabinet picks 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, former Rep. Doug Collins to be

    secretary of veterans affairs

    and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to be

    secretary of the interior

    .

  • A gathering of the Conservative Political Action Conference kicked off at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida today. Trump himself took the stage and announced the selection of Burgum.
  • 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.

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