Trump slow-rolling Cabinet nominations ahead of midterm elections

Trump slow-rolling Cabinet nominations ahead of midterm elections


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President Donald Trump has a number of Cabinet vacancies to fill as time is running short on Capitol Hill where lawmakers are bogged down ahead of the November midterm elections.

Currently, Trump has two Cabinet vacancies to fill, attorney general and labor secretary, but he’ll also have to contend with finding a new director of National Intelligence once Tulsi Gabbard formally exits her post on June 30.

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White House officials declined to say when the president plans to submit new nominations for the Cabinet vacancies to the Senate.

“President Trump has the most talented Cabinet in American history, all of whom are working around the clock to implement the President’s agenda on behalf of the American people,” White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told the Washington Examiner on Friday. “The Trump Administration’s mission to put America First and Make America Great Again will never change.”

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