President-elect Trump plans to weigh in on roughly 40 top cabinet, agency and White House jobs from a makeshift Situation Room at Mar-a-Lago, where he's surrounded by TV monitors displaying profiles of potential picks.
The interactive array lets aides instantly summon a multimedia menu covering whatever position or person he wants to consider next, transition sources tell us.
Why it matters: The process is just getting rolling, and includes lots of surprise names, including some for big jobs.
The real lists exclude many names floated publicly by people who claim to have knowledge of the process but actually don't, officials tell us.
President-elect Trump intervened from Mar-a-Lago in this week's suddenly scrambled race for Senate majority leader, demanding that the candidates embrace using "recess appointments" to bypass Senate confirmation votes.
All three of the candidates quickly saluted. The secret-ballot vote will be Wednesday.
Why it matters: It all played out in just a few hours on Elon Musk's X — a tiny taste of the platform's rising juice as Trump maps his new government.
Businesses across the nation are saluting veterans and active-duty military personnel this Veterans Day with free meals, drinks and discounts Monday.
The big picture: The federal holiday honors those who have served in the military — past and present. By showing a military ID, veterans can eat or drink for free at more than a dozen chains around the country.
Climate-related extreme weather events cost the global economy more than $2 trillion over the past decade and the U.S. was the worst-affected nation, per a report published as leaders gather for the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan Monday.
Why it matters: The damage estimates in the Oxera report for the International Chamber of Commerce for 2014-2023 roughly equate to those of the 2008 global financial crisis and ICC secretary-general John Denton said "the economic impact of climate change" needs a "response of similar speed and decisiveness," per CNN.
The big picture: The documentary to be released Wednesday comes as other recent projects on Elvis have re-examined his role in racial desegregation after previous generations dismissed him as an appropriator of Black art.
Elon Musk has joined the chorus of conservative and MAGA voices online backing Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) for Senate GOP leader — after calling Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) the "top choice of Democrats."
Why it matters: Musk has become one of the most influential voices in Trump world. If the growing online momentum converts into the president-elect weighing in, the leadership race could be dramatically upended.
Nearly four years ago, the Biden administration and Congressional Democrats made a $1.9 trillion bet in the form of the American Rescue Plan. They lost, as it contributed to a surge in inflation that fueled massive voter discontent and Donald Trump's return to the White House.
Why it matters: In the next recession, politicians and policymakers may be more hesitant to unleash the type of programs that drove America's rapid recovery from the pandemic-induced crisis.
