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Stocks fell broadly on Friday as Wall Street closed out a holiday-shortened week on a down note. The losses were made worse by sharp declines for the Big Tech stocks known as the “Magnificent 7”, which can heavily influence the direction of the market because of their large size. The S&P 500 fell 66.75 points, or 1.1%, to 5,970.84. Roughly 90% of stocks in the benchmark index lost ground, but it managed to hold onto a modest gain of 0.7% for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 333.59 points, or 0.8%, to 42,992.21. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite fell 298.33 points, or 1.5%, to 19,722.03. Semiconductor giant Nvidia slumped 2.1%. Microsoft declined 1.7%. Each has a market value above $3 trillion, giving the companies outsized sway on the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq. A wide range of retailers also fell. Amazon fell 1.5% and Best Buy slipped 1.5%. The sector is being closely watched for clues on how it performed during the holiday shopping season. Energy stocks held up better than the rest of the market, with a loss of less than 0.1% as crude oil prices rose. “There’s just some uncertainty over this relief rally we’ve witnessed since last week,” said Adam Turnquist, chief technical strategist for LPL Financial. The S&P 500 gained nearly 3% over a 3-day stretch before breaking for the Christmas holiday. On Thursday, the index posted a small decline. Despite Friday’s drop, the market is moving closer to another standout annual finish. The S&P 500 is on track for a gain of around 25% in 2024. That would mark a second consecutive yearly gain of more than 20%, the first time that has happened since 1997-1998. The gains have been driven partly by upbeat economic data showing that consumers continued spending and the labor market remained strong. Inflation, while still high, has also been steadily easing. A report on Friday showed that sales and inventory estimates for the wholesales trade industry fell 0.2% in November, following a slight gain in October. That weaker-than-expected report follows an update on the labor market Thursday that showed unemployment benefits held steady last week. The stream of upbeat economic data and easing inflation helped prompt a reversal in the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy this year. Expectations for interest rate cuts also helped drive market gains. The central bank recently delivered its third cut to interest rates in 2024. Even though inflation has come closer to the central bank’s target of 2%, it remains stubbornly above that mark and worries about it heating up again have tempered the forecast for more interest rate cuts. Inflation concerns have added to uncertainties heading into 2025, which include the labor market’s path ahead and shifting economic policies under incoming President Donald Trump. Worries have risen that Trump’s preference for tariffs and other policies could lead to higher inflation, a bigger U.S. government debt and difficulties for global trade. Amedisys rose 4.7% after the home health care and hospice services provider agreed to extend the deadline for its sale to UnitedHealth Group. The Justice Department had sued to block the $3.3 billion deal, citing concerns the combination would hinder access to home health and hospice services in the U.S. The move to extend the deadline comes ahead of an expected shift in regulatory policy under Trump. The incoming administration is expected to have a more permissive approach to dealmaking and is less likely to raise antitrust concerns. In Asia, Japan’s benchmark index surged as the yen remained weak against the dollar. Stocks in South Korea fell after the main opposition party voted to impeach the country’s acting leader. Markets in Europe gained ground. Bond yields held relatively steady. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.62% from 4.59% late Thursday. The yield on the two-year Treasury remained at 4.33% from late Thursday. Wall Street will have more economic updates to look forward to next week, including reports on pending home sales and home prices. There will also be reports on U.S. construction spending and snapshots of manufacturing activity.
The year in money: inflation eased, optimism ticked upwardFrom the first bus and tram on Wednesday, the new ticketing system will be up and running (assuming no last-minute glitches). Black Friday Sale Subscribe Now! Login or signup to continue reading All articles from our website & app The digital version of Today's Paper Breaking news alerts direct to your inbox Interactive Crosswords, Sudoku and Trivia All articles from the other regional websites in your area Continue The free travel for the last two months and a week will be over, and the transition from MyWay (where passengers paid with special tap-on cards) to MyWay+ will be complete. Or nearly complete. "There will be a small proportion of buses in the operational fleet which will not have the MyWay+ hardware installed ," Transport Canberra said. So getting on the free bus means you still need to pay if you then change to one with the right machinery. "If a customer does board one of the buses without MyWay+ technology installed, they will not be charged a fare for that particular trip. "If they then board another bus or light rail on their journey, they will be required to tap on and off as usual and will be charged a fare for the trip." Transport Canberra said it had decided not to stall the machinery on older buses "as they are scheduled for retirement and will by replaced by new, battery electric buses, with the MyWay+ hardware installed, in the coming months". So how does it all work? Under the new system, passengers can pay by touching on (and touching off at the end of the journey) with a credit or debit card, or with an app on a phone (but you have to register for this first and that can be complicated). The new MyWay+ system, which has been rolled out to Canberra's bus and light rail network. Picture by Elesa Kurtz You link your credit or debit card to the app and then the scanner on the bus or tram reads a QR code on your phone and the system deducts the fare from your account. If you use a credit or debit card, make sure you tap off and on through the day with the same card. The final option is to buy paper tickets or a card at around 30 stores and petrol stations across the ACT. The list is on the ACT government website . Paper tickets will also be available from ticket machines and online for printing at home. They are for daily use and have a QR code which the machine on the bus or tram reads and registers. If you are entitled to a concession and you tap on with a credit or debit card, you will still be charged full fare unless you have previously registered as entitled to a concession. This may mean that you will also need to set up an "ACT digital account". "Customers will still need to provide proof of concession if asked," Transport Canberra said. It advises: "Remember: tap on and tap off every time you travel you must use the same card or device to tap on and off each service make sure you have enough battery on your mobile device or smart watch so you can complete your journey make sure you complete your trip (tap off) even when you have reached your travel cap, you must still tap on and tap off for every trip to travel with a valid ticket. This helps provide valuable data to help us plan and improve services." The travel cap is: 40 paid trips in a calendar month. Once you reach the cap, every extra trip is free. All the same, you have to continue to tap on and off. The ACT government said that the information was useful to understand passenger movements and so improve it to meet the public need. The daily travel cap (after which further trips aren't charged for) is $9.60, and $5.87 on weekends and public holidays. The standard adult fare is $3.22 at peak periods and $2.35 between 9am and 4.30pm and after 6pm on weekdays, and all day weekends and public holidays. Work began to find a new ticketing system in 2017, to replace the MyWay system that was introduced in April 2011. Share Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Email Copy Steve Evans Reporter Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues." Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues." 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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Governor Newsom and most democratic lawmakers are preparing to protect California's progressive policies in the courts like they did during the first Trump administration. "California won 80% of those lawsuits, so this is a man who has no issues violating the law and we want to send a very clear message not just to Donald Trump but the people of California that we have people's back here in California," State Senator Scott Wiener said. "Of course, we should and we will work with the President-elect on areas where we agree and there are always going to be some agreements. It's not about fighting for the sake of fighting." This time, lawmakers anticipate there will be more on the list of possible lawsuits. "It could be things like climate action, reproductive freedom, civil rights, immigrant families. But also one part of this, that is important as well is protecting California taxpayers," Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel said. MORE: Newsom asks state legislature for $25M legal defense fund before Trump takes office Protecting California taxpayers means that if Californians pay their share of taxes to the federal government, then President-elect Trump should not withhold any kind of federal disaster funds as he threatened to do last October. On the flip side, one may argue that necessity is the mother of "political innovation." New York State Senator Liz Krueger recently suggested some liberal Northeast states could withhold billions of dollars in federal taxes if President-elect Trump goes through with his plans for mass deportations. California already gets back less in federal taxes than it pays. 2022 data reveals that California and 12 other states received proportionately less in federal funds. That means California and the other wealthier states are subsidizing the rest of the states. In Fiscal year 2022, California sent about $692 billion to the federal government and only got back around $620 billion in federal funds, which is about a $72 billion deficit. MORE: Newsom meets with Biden as part of effort to 'Trump-proof' California By comparison, that is about three times the state's $27 billion 2023-24 budget deficit. We've known about this deficit for some time because, in 2003, then-Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger complained that the federal funding system was unfair and that he would fight for that money. He was quoted then as saying, "For each dollar that we pay, we only get 77 cents back. So there's a lot of money we can get from the federal government." Would California lawmakers today have the political will to intensify it's pressure on the Trump administration? "I think if you are going to start threatening the federal government with withholding, demanding that individuals withhold their federal taxes, that isn't a rhetoric that doesn't actually work well. You don't want to to be in that battle," said Corey Cook, Provost at Saint Mary's College. John Perez was Speaker of the Assembly near the end of Schwarzenegger's administration and says there are ways to get more money for California. "One of the things that I think are going to be the most successful strategies to draw down more federal money is to keep more here at home," Perez said. "How do we do that? We do that by working on a bipartisan basis to overturn the limits on deductibility of California state and local taxes." MORE: A look at change in Silicon Valley as tech industry shifts to support Trump Tax reforms passed last time President Trump was in office limited tax deductions to $10,000. He has indicated he may reverse those limits on things like the cap on your mortgage interest deduction. Voters have also indicated they want government to work for them and as the national election showed us, here in California there was voter frustration over some of the state's progressive policies. That's one reason why Republicans gained ground in almost all counties in the state. "Our constituents, they don't feel that the state of California is working for them," said the new Speaker of the California Assembly, Robert Rivas. Rivas suggested that we set certain issues aside and focus on charting a new path forward and renew the California dream by focusing on affordability. "They're anxious because they feel it, they feel it at the grocery stores, where they have to pay their bills, they feel it every time they fill up their gas tanks for their long commutes from work to home," he said. "The democratic party has not effectively addressed the rising costs of living, has not addressed economic concerns," Cook said. "So certainly if you are going to talk about the agenda for the legislature, for the coming year, addressing affordability, the cost of living, housing, those related set of issues that we know are priorities for voters is critical for the legislature to address."Musk Lifts Off
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Londynn Jones scored 15 points, making all five of her 3-pointers, and fifth-ranked UCLA stunned No. 1 South Carolina 77-62 on Sunday, ending the Gamecocks’ overall 43-game winning streak and their run of 33 consecutive road victories. The Gamecocks (5-1) lost for the first time since April 2023, when Caitlin Clark and Iowa beat them in the NCAA Tournament national semifinals. Te-Hina Paopao scored 18 points and Tessa Johnson scored 14 for the Gamecocks, whose road winning streak was third-longest in Division I history. It was the first time UCLA took down a No. 1 team in school history, having been 0-20 in such games. The program's previous best wins were over a couple of No. 2s — Oregon in 2019 and Stanford in 2008. Elina Aarnisalo added 13 points as one of five Bruins in double figures. UCLA (5-0) dominated from start to finish, with the Bruins' suffocating defense preventing the Gamecocks from making any sustained scoring runs. South Carolina: The Gamecocks trailed by double-digits at halftime for the first time since Dec. 21, 2021, against Stanford, according to ESPN. Chloe Kitts, who averages a team-leading 14 points, finished the game with 2 points on 1 of 7 shooting. UCLA: The Bruins led 43-22 at halftime. Eight different players scored and contributed to 11-0 and 7-0 runs in the first and second quarters as they shot 52% from the field. The first quarter set the tone for a game in which the Gamecocks never led. They missed their first nine shots and were 4 of 18 from the floor in the quarter. UCLA ran off 11 straight points to take a 20-10 lead into the second quarter. The Bruins dominated the boards, 41-34, and held the Gamecocks well under their scoring average of 80.2 points. South Carolina travels to Florida to meet Iowa State in the Fort Myers Tipoff on Thanksgiving. UCLA travels to the Rainbow Wahine Showdown in Hawaii to play UT Martin on Friday. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 all season. Sign up here. AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketballEagles seek 7th straight win while Rams try to keep pace in crowded NFC West raceNoneNone
The Federal Government of Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Brazil The MoU is to advance private sector development in fertiliser production, hybrid seed technology, and agricultural finance The private sectors under the MoU are projected to attract $4.3 billion in private-sector investment Don't miss out! Join Legit.ng's Sports News channel on WhatsApp now! Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 5 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international events Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - The President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led federal government and Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) of Brazil, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to boost agribusinesses in Nigeria. The MoU will advance private sector development in fertiliser production, hybrid seed technology , and agricultural finance. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Mr Temitope Fashedemi, and the President of FGV, Professor Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal, signed the MoU at FGV Headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit. Read also Billionaire Abdulsamad Rabiu builds multi-million naira project in Nigerian university PAY ATTENTION: Follow us on Instagram - get the most important news directly in your favourite app! The Director (Information & Public Relations) Abiodun Oladunjoye, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday, November 24, 2024. Oladunjoye explained that the project aims to deliver transformative agricultural technologies and knowledge transfer over its 10-year duration. The project will identify and support one agribusiness across the 774 local government areas of the country with technical and financial resources. Speaking at the signing ceremony, Fashedemi said: “This partnership paves the way for Brazil to engage with Nigeria’s dynamic and rapidly growing agricultural sector. Together with FGV, we are poised to unlock the potential of private sector investment in key areas critical to our food security.” Tinubu speaks on investment in livestock development Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that President Tinubu said his administration's investment in livestock development is an attempt to turn a situation of tragedy and hopelessness into economic opportunity. Read also “Tragedy into economic opportunity”: Tinubu speaks on investment in livestock development Tinubu said the livestock development will end the farmer-herder clash crisis and eradicate hunger and poverty in Nigeria . President Tinubu stated this at the signing of a Letter of Intent with JBS S.A., one of the top three largest meat processing companies globally, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Thursday, November 21. PAY ATTENTION: Сheck out news that is picked exactly for YOU ➡️ find the “Recommended for you” block on the home page and enjoy! Source: Legit.ng
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By Dr Bomai D Witne SORCERY or witchcraft accusations and accusations related violence existed in many countries for many centuries. Sorcery is a belief that some people in a particular community possess supernatural powers to cause illness, deaths, or misfortunes to the community and witchcraft is a belief that refers to the use of some forms of supernatural powers and materials to cause illness, deaths, or misfortunes in the community. Beliefs of sorcery or witchcraft continue to lead to accusations and violence in many communities around the world. I use the word sorcery and sorcery accusations related violence (SARV) in this article to refer to different forms of violence related to sorcery beliefs and inflicted on individuals accused of practicing sorcery or witchcraft. Papua New Guinea needs a combination of locally relevant approaches to address and prevent SARV. The peacebuilding strategies and responses to SARV by the Yuri people of Chimbu Province provide insights into the way that indigenous knowledge systems can be harnessed in community responses to SARV. In Europe, SARV ended in the eighteenth century due to improved laws and law enforcement, education, science and rapid socioeconomic, cultural, political, and religious development. However, in many post-colonial countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, sorcery beliefs have also been part of the worldview of the people. Contemporary circumstances such as illness, deaths and misfortunes in the community have been interpreted in the context of sorcery beliefs, and in many instances, resulted in accusations and violence. For example, some farming Ngamiland people of Tanzania, accused old women of using sorcery powers to cause draught and killed them. The Maluku people of Indonesia accused political rivals or competitors of using sorcery to make opponents sick or die. They used both modern medicines and the services of local diviners, who were believed to possess powers to heal victims of sorcery. These are only two of many documented examples of SARV. They only just begun to hint at the complexity of the problem of SARV. The instances of SARV have increased in many countries. The United Nations Human Rights Commission now recognises SARV as an ‘egregious violence’ that required the states, civil society organisations, scholars, practitioners and all levels of national communities to develop nationally and locally appropriate ways to address it. PNG is one of many nations to take up the challenge of developing a national response to SARV. There is also interest and support for understanding local responses to SARV in a linguistically and culturally diverse country such as PNG, with diverse beliefs and ritual of supernatural powers, sorcery, and SARV require multiple responses in recognition of the diverse context and the challenges of addressing SARV in PNG. This article focuses on how the Yuri people addressed SARV. The Yuri people are comprised of more than 13 clans based in scattered villages along the Kubor Range, in the central highlands of Chimbu Province in PNG. The Yuri people’s responses to SARV offers a unique perspective that can inform national and global conversations of SARV when viewed through the lenses of Indigenous Knowledge, local transrational peacebuilding, social relationships, and restorative justice. This framing of Yuri responses to SARV follows the lead of Melanesian cultural authorities, who have observed that people in different communities, like the Malaita people of Solomon Islands, were knowledgeable and able to find solutions to their problems and adapt new knowledge in changing circumstances. Peace studies scholars pointed out that the different experiences, knowledge, and skills that are possessed by people in a community offer potential for bridging different knowledge systems to arrive at ‘transrational’ peace. This is one of a number of important concepts from peace studies that also help to foreground the importance of social relationships and the culture of mutual caring and sharing for others as the foundation for peacebuilding and restorative justice. Peace studies research has also established that the desire for peace and safety within communities can be built and maintained through collective discussions and consensus. It creates agency for men, women, youth, community leaders and all members of the community who participate in conversations and engage in activities to advance their own wellbeing as well as the wellbeing of others and the community. In an endeavour to create a safe and peaceful community, SARV must be assessed with the view to identify and address underlying causes. In the context of Yuri, every Yuri person was already embedded in Yuri social relations and peace-building initiatives since 2013. My role was to organise my clan group for peacebuilding and people from other clans did the same. We came together to publicly denounce all forms of violence and establish peace in the community. The actions and support of the community was expressed through the cultural activities such as singing, dancing, hosting tribal youth camp, peace walks, participating in sports, inter Christian worship and spreading message of peace and unity. This local initiative was to understand the importance of a peaceful society based on unbreakable social harmony and relationships to address and prevent SARV which was helpful to Yuri as well as people working to end SARV in national and international contexts. Dr Witne has recently completed a PhD by publication under the Australia Awards Scholarship at the Queensland University of Technology. The title of his thesis is Understanding Indigenous responses to sorcery accusation related violence: Peacebuilding by the Yuri people of Papua New Guinea. He is a lecturer in Political Science and PNG National History in the Division of Social Science at the University of Goroka. Dr Witne shares part of his PhD thesis.Donald Trump has nearly finalized his picks for his next Cabinet, following a flurry of nominations over the weekend. There have been more than 40 picks revealed in the 17 days since his first nomination, his campaign manager, Susie Wiles, as chief of staff. Wiles' role is among those that do not require Senate confirmation, but many others now await approval. It is very rare for a president or president-elect's nominee to lead an executive department to be rejected. The last time that happened was 1989, when George H.W. Bush 's pick for Defense Secretary, John G. Tower, lost a vote 47-53. Trump had also nominated former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz as attorney general; however, under a congressional misconduct investigation, Gaetz withdrew his nomination, saying he feared he was "unfairly becoming a distraction" to the Trump-JD Vance transition team. Below is the full list of Trump's Cabinet picks which need Senate confirmation. Newsweek has contacted the Trump transition team for comment via email. Secretary of State: Marco Rubio Rubio, a Florida senator, was once highly critical of Trump, and ran against him in the 2016 GOP presidential primary. In a statement, Trump described Rubio as a "fearless warrior who will never back down to our adversaries." Attorney General: Pam Bondi Bondi was named by Trump as his pick for attorney general hours after Gaetz withdrew his nomination for the role. Bondi spent almost 20 years working as a prosecutor in Hillsborough County, Florida, before becoming the first ever attorney general of Florida in 2011. She later worked on Trump's defense team during his first impeachment trial. Defense Secretary: Pete Hegseth The author and former Fox News host and military veteran was another surprise pick for Trump in a key Cabinet role due to his relative lack of experience. Hegseth was commissioned as an infantry officer in the Army National Guard, serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as at Guantánamo Bay. He has two Bronze Stars. His nomination has also been dogged by a 2017 sexual assault allegation , which Hegseth denied and which he was never charged over. Treasure Secretary: Scott Bessent Bessent, the billionaire hedge-fund manager founder and CEO of Key Square Group, has been tapped to lead the Treasury and oversee the world's largest economy. He has previously defended Trump's import tariffs campaign promise. "Scott is widely respected as one of the world's foremost International Investors and geopolitical and economic strategists. Scott's story is that of the American dream," Trump said in a statement. Homeland Security: Kristi Noem Trump said the South Dakota governor will work closely with his "Border Czar" Tom Homan to secure the border and "guarantee that our American homeland is secure from our adversaries." Noem, a staunch Trump ally, was on the shortlist for Trump's 2024 running mate. Interior Secretary: Doug Burgum Trump has chosen the governor of North Dakota to join his next administration as secretary of the interior and chairman of the newly formed National Energy Council. "Doug Burgum will protect our nation's natural resources, restore our fabulous oil and gas advantage, and make America, and its energy, dominant and great again," Trump said. Burgum was another name bookmakers linked to Trump's 2024 ticket before Vance got the nod. Secretary of Agriculture: Brooke Rollins Rollins' nomination was announced by Trump on Saturday. She is president and founder of the America First Policy Institute, a think tank set up by former staffers from Trump's first presidency. Rollins had several roles in Trump's first administration, including director of the Domestic Policy Council. In a post on X, formerly Twitter , after she was nominated to be the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rollins said, "It will be the honor of my life to fight for America's farmers and our Nation's agricultural communities." Secretary of Commerce: Howard Lutnick Trump said the billionaire GOP donor would lead the administration's "tariff and trade agenda" after nominating him for the role of commerce secretary. Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, was believed to be in the running for treasury secretary in Trump's next administration. Secretary of Labor: Lori Chavez-DeRemer The Oregon congresswoman was named as Trump's pick for the next secretary of labor after she lost her House seat in the November 5 election to Democratic State Representative Janelle Bynum. "Lori has worked tirelessly with both business and labor to build America's workforce, and support the hardworking men and women of America," Trump said in a statement. Health and Human Services Secretary: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Another contentious pick from Trump is the vaccine skeptic to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The president-elect wrote in a Truth Social post that Kennedy will restore the HHS to the "traditions of gold standard scientific research, and beacons of transparency, to end the chronic disease epidemic, and to Make America Great and Healthy Again!" Kenned ran for president as an independent, but dropped out of the race in August and later endorsed Trump. Housing and Urban Development Secretary: Scott Turner Turner is a former Texas state representative who also spent nine seasons in the NFL . He previously served as executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council in the first Trump administration. Turner was also the first Black person selected to be a member of Trump's Cabinet. Secretary of Transportation: Sean Duffy Duffy is a former Wisconsin congressman and host of Fox Business' The Bottom Line. He left his role at the news network after he was tapped by Trump to lead the Department of Transportation, reported CNN . Trump said Duffy will "prioritize excellence, competence, competitiveness and beauty when rebuilding America's highways, tunnels, bridges and airports" in his Cabinet role. Secretary of Education: Linda McMahon McMahon is a former CEO of the World Wrestling Entertainment who co-chairs Trump's transition team. Her pick to lead the Department of Education has also been scrutinized because of her perceived lack of necessary experience. McMahon was named in a lawsuit alleging she and her husband, Vince McMahon, allowed boys to be sexually abused by a WWE ringside announcer who died in 2012. The McMahons deny all wrongdoing. McMahon led the Small Business Administration during Trump's first presidency. Secretary of Energy: Chris Wright Trump nominated Wright to join his administration as both United States secretary of energy, and member of the newly formed Council of National Energy. Wright is the founder, CEO and chairman of Board of Liberty Energy and has worked in the nuclear, solar, geothermal, oil and gas industries. Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Doug Collins Collins is a former Georgia congressman and military veteran who served in Iraq. He currently serves as a chaplain in the United States Air Force Reserve Command. "Doug will be a great advocate for our active duty service members, veterans, and military families to ensure they have the support they need," Trump said. Director of National Intelligence: Tulsi Gabbard Gabbard is a former Democrat who ran for president in 2020. The four-term Hawaii congresswoman is a veteran with three deployments to war zones in the Middle East and Africa. Her nomination to serve as director of national intelligence has been criticized over allegations she has helped spread Russian propaganda. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator: Lee Zeldin Zeldin is a former New York congressman who lost the 2022 governor's race to Kathy Hochul. In a statement, Zeldin said it will be an "honor" to join Trump's Cabinet as EPA administrator. "We will restore U.S. energy dominance, revitalize our auto industry to bring back American jobs, and make the U.S. the global leader of AI. We will do so while protecting access to clean air and water," Zeldin said. U.N. Ambassador: Elise Stefanik The New York congresswoman served on the House Armed Services Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. She is a staunch defender of Trump, and was said to be among the shortlist for his vice presidential picks. Stefanik previously served as White House domestic policy adviser under President George W. Bush . Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought Vought, who previously served in Trump's Cabinet as director of the Office of Management and Budget, is in line for the same role again in 2025. Vought was heavily involved in crafting Project 2025, The Heritage Foundation 's 922-page document outlining how a potential Republican administration could overhaul the federal government. CIA Director: John Ratcliffe Trump choosing John Ratcliffe to serve as CIA director in his new administration was seen as one of the more straightforward nominations. Ratcliffe served as director of national intelligence for the final months of Trump's first term in office. The former Texas congressman was also heavily critical of the investigations into alleged Russian interference on behalf of Trump's 2016 election campaign. U.S. Ambassador to NATO: Matthew Whitaker Whitaker served as acting attorney general during Trump's first term, as well as an attorney in Iowa. He took the role of acting attorney general after Trump fired Jeff Sessions in 2018. He was eventually replaced by William Barr in February 2019. "Matt is a strong warrior and loyal patriot, who will ensure the United States' interests are advanced and defended," Trump said. "Matt will strengthen relationships with our NATO allies, and stand firm in the face of threats to peace and stability—he will put AMERICA FIRST." Surgeon general: Dr. Janette Nesheiwat Nesheiwat is a family medicine doctor and former Fox News contributor who has now been tapped to be the next surgeon general. "Dr. Nesheiwat is a fierce advocate and strong communicator for preventive medicine and public health," Trump said in a statement. "She is committed to ensuring that Americans have access to affordable, quality healthcare, and believes in empowering individuals to take charge of their health to live longer, healthier lives." Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Dave Weldon Weldon is a medical doctor and former Florida congressman. He has previously been a critic of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ), including its vaccine program. Trump said in a statement that Weldon would "restore the CDC to its true purpose" as director. FDA Commissioner: Marty Makary Makary is a Johns Hopkins surgeon who will work under nominated Health Secretary Kennedy in his role leading the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) next year. In 2021, Makary wrote an opinion piece for The Hill attacking the FDA for pausing the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine amid concerns over rare cases of blood clots. "From the start of the COVID pandemic, the FDA has had missteps," he wrote. "We need better medical leadership." Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator: Dr. Mehmet Oz Mehmet Oz is another television personality that Trump has picked for a role in his next Cabinet. Oz is best known for The Dr. Oz Show , which ran from 2009 to 2022. He also unsuccessfully ran for the Pennsylvania Senate seat against John Fetterman in 2022. Trump is still to nominate his picks for trade representative chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, administrator of Small Business Administration, and director of the Office of Science and Technology. Other Trump White House roles