Tracking Trump’s cabinet picks
President-elect Trump announced on Tuesday that he will nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator in January. There is also much discussion about who Trump could choose for one of his most critical Cabinet roles: treasury secretary.
Trump’s legal cases
New York prosecutors said Tuesday they’ll oppose dismissing Trump’s hush money case as his sentencing looms, but they expressed some openness to delaying it until after his impending second term.
On Monday, The Georgia Court of Appeals canceled oral arguments scheduled for next month in Trump’s effort to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the 2020 election interference against Trump and many others.
Russia-Ukraine war
Ukraine marked 1,000 days of war with Russia on Tuesday after Russia’s full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Tuesday morning that Ukraine plans to increase the production of long-range drones and missiles as part of the country’s resilience plan
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