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politics July 9, 2019

As Labor Secretary, Alexander Acosta Is Still Shielding the WealthyHis disqualifying habit of protecting the rich at the expense of the poor and vulnerable goes far beyond Jeffrey Epstein.

By Sarah Jones
May 6, 2018

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao Finally Gets Her Own Ethics ScandalHer many interviews with her shipping magnate father feature the Transportation Department emblem and highlight her government connections.

By Margaret Hartmann
July 10, 2017

Trump’s CDC Pick Peddled ‘Anti-Aging’ Medicine to Her Gynecologic PatientsBrenda Fitzgerald is still among the most defensible appointments Trump has made.

By Eric Levitz
June 22, 2017

Populist President: I’d Rather Get Advice From Wall Street Than ‘a Poor Person’At a rally in Iowa, Trump explains why his cabinet is filled with multimillionaires.

By Eric Levitz
Feb. 17, 2017

Senate Confirms Leading Opponent of Environmental Regulation As Head of the EPAScott Pruitt will spearhead the Trump administration’s efforts to increase water pollution and accelerate man-made climate change.

By Eric Levitz
Feb. 7, 2017

WATCH: Betsy DeVos Was Just Confirmed in an Unprecedented Tiebreaker VoteVice-President Mike Pence delivered the first tie-breaking vote for a cabinet appointee in history.

By Christine Nguyen and Jared T. Miller
parlor game Feb. 7, 2017

Ranking the Trump-Administration Appointees, From Bad to MonstrousA race to the bottom.

By Jonathan Chait, Ed Kilgore, and Eric Levitz
the national interest Feb. 5, 2017

The True Purpose of TrumpismA culture war sold through the rhetoric of jobs and security.

By Jonathan Chait
Feb. 1, 2017

Senate Confirms Rex Tillerson As Secretary of StateIt’s official: America’s top diplomat is now Vladimir Putin’s favorite Exxon CEO!

By Eric Levitz
Feb. 1, 2017

Republicans Buck Boycott, Vote for Price and Mnuchin Without Democrats PresentAfter a Democratic boycott, Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee changed the rules so they could advance the cabinet nominees by themselves.

By Eric Levitz
government gazillionaires Jan. 23, 2017

The Billionaires (and Mega-Millionaires) Trump Wants in His CabinetPopulism has seldom been so rich. A nominee dossier.

By Nick Tabor and James D. Walsh
wall street Jan. 23, 2017

For Wall Streeters Who Bet Long on Trump, It’s Bonus TimeAfter getting behind their very unlikely candidate, a few financiers are salivating over the dividends.

By Jessica Pressler
Dec. 23, 2016

Trump’s Pick for Health Secretary Traded Medical Stocks While in CongressTom Price traded more than $300,000 in shares of health-care companies while sponsoring legislation that would likely affect the value of the shares.

By Eric Levitz
Nov. 29, 2016

Trump Picks Elaine Chao for Transportation SecretaryChao would have a key role in shaping Trump’s infrastructure plan — a policy that her husband Mitch McConnell has displayed little enthusiasm for.

By Eric Levitz