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GOP Senator Explains Party’s Disarray: Nobody Expected Trump to WinPat Toomey spills a secret: Republicans didn’t have a policy plan because they didn’t think they’d have the power to enact it.
By Ed Kilgore
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Trump Says He’s Deliberately Refusing to Fill Hundreds of Top Agency JobsIt’s a strange — one might even say dumb — move for someone who has promised major changes in D.C.
By Ed Kilgore
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Trump Loyalists Gumming Up the Works in Federal AgenciesAmong other problems affecting efficiency, it seems the White House is embedding top campaign aides in the agencies, with veto powers over hiring.
By Ed Kilgore
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Appointments
By Clint Rainey
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Chef Shuffle
By Hugh Merwin
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Appointments
Sam Sifton Will Edit the Times’ Newly Renamed ‘Food’The newspaper man and former critic is the first to hold the job title since Craig Claiborne.
By Hugh Merwin
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bill de blasio’s new york
By Adam Martin
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Appointments
By Hugh Merwin
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Appointments
By Hugh Merwin
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the most important people in the world
By Adam Martin
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Appointments
Blue Ribbon’s Isao Iijima Replaces Nick Kim and Jimmy Lau at NetaThe chef says a few things about the menu may change, “but we are not going to go completely insane.”
By Beth Landman
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Appointments
By Hugh Merwin
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appointments
Obama Picks Funny Guy As New Economic AdviserAusten Goolsbee will replace Christina Romer.
By Josh Duboff
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appointments
Obama Appoints Health Official, Avoids Senate Confirmation“He would have faced a long, difficult struggle to win Senate confirmation.”
By Josh Duboff
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appointments
Bloomberg’s Deputy Mayor to Also Run His CharitySecond-most powerful City Hall official gets more put on her plate.
By Josh Duboff
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early and often
Obama Nominates Kathleen Sebelius for Health SecretaryPro-life groups are gearing up to fight the confirmation of the ardently pro-choice governor.
By Dan Amira
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early and often
By Dan Amira
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early and awful
Another Obama Nominee Resigned TodayObama’s ‘chief performance officer’ steps down, and we wonder what we shouldn’t be paying taxes on.
By Dan Amira
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it just happened
You Won’t Have Tom Daschle to Kick Around AnymoreDaschle withdraws his nomination for secretary of Health and Human Services after an outcry over his unpaid taxes.
By Dan Amira
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early and often
By Dan Amira
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early and often
By Dan Amira
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early and often
On CIA Pick, Obama Is So Far Outside the Box, He Can’t Even See the BoxIf you thought Obama would pick a spook for the head of the CIA, well, you don’t know Obama.
By Dan Amira
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early and often
By Dan Amira
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early and often
By Dan Amira
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early and often
Bill Richardson, Ever Diplomatic, Settles for Commerce SecretaryThe consummate team player joins the team of rivals — but Hispanic leaders want more!
By Dan Amira
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early and often
Is Obama’s National-Security Team Liberal Change in Moderate Hawk’s Clothing?Or are progressives just looking for the silver lining in a not-so-liberal national-security team?
By Dan Amira
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instant politics
Matt Bai and Patricia J. Williams Argue Over Religion in Government and Homeowners’ Role in the Financial Crisis’New York Times Magazine’ writer Matt Bai and ‘The Nation’ columnist Patricia J. Williams argue over what an Obama presidency might mean for the judiciary and abortion, the current role of religion in government, and whether homeowners aren’t partly to blame for the financial crisis.