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Second Trump administration cabinet members

  • Marco RubioThe New York Times dubbed Marco Rubio the "Secretary of Everything," a nickname earned by holding several government posts at the same moment. Few American officials have ever carried that kind of workload. Fewer still arrived by a road as…
  • JD VanceJD Vance once called Donald Trump reprehensible, then became his running mate.
  • Pete HegsethOn the 24th of January 2025, the United States Senate divided evenly on whether Pete Hegseth should lead the Department of Defense. Vice President JD Vance broke the tie, and the confirmation passed 51-50. Only one earlier Cabinet nominee,…
  • Russell VoughtRussell Vought spent the night of the 5th of February 2025 at the center of a Senate vigil. Democrats had lost a procedural vote that advanced his nomination, so they tried to delay the final tally by staying awake through the night. It…
  • Howard LutnickHoward Lutnick was taking his young son to kindergarten on the morning of the 11th of September 2001. That errand kept him out of the North Tower of the World Trade Center, where his firm, Cantor Fitzgerald, had its headquarters. His…
  • Scott BessentScott Bessent won Senate confirmation as United States secretary of the treasury on the 27th of January 2025, by a vote of 68-29. On that same day, a man carrying several Molotov cocktails and a knife, who intended to murder him, was…
  • Tulsi GabbardTulsi Gabbard, an American politician and Army officer, faced the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the 30th of January 2025 and turned a hostile question into a punchline. Her critics, she said, implied she was loyal to something…
  • Kristi NoemKristi Noem left college at 22 to run her late father's ranch. She later became South Dakota's governor.
  • Sean DuffyFred Scheer once described Sean Duffy's style on the tree-climbing course by calling him a "race-car driver who bumps the wall now and then." Duffy is an American politician, born in 1971, and he now serves as the 20th United States…
  • Pam BondiPam Bondi, the United States attorney general, faced the House Judiciary Committee on the 11th of February 2026 and was asked a direct question. How many of Jeffrey Epstein's accomplices had she indicted? Her reply was about the stock…
  • Markwayne MullinMarkwayne Mullin carries a name stitched together from two uncles, Mark and Wayne. In 2026 that name landed on the door of the ninth United States secretary of homeland security. He reached the office after a decade as a House member and a…

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