#Political Appointments

Articles (30)

• 🇺🇸 Blanche rises, Noem falls, China exploits birthright chaos — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Todd Blanche is positioning himself for the permanent AG job, Rick Scott is sounding alarms over China exploiting U.S. birthright law through surrogacy, and Kristi Noem's ouster has DHS staff bracing ...

  Related: #National Security, #Immigration Policy
• 🇺🇸 US Department of Homeland Security says Lewandowski has left after Noem’s firing — 29/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Government Personnel Changes, #Department of Homeland Security
• 🇺🇸 DHS says Cory Lewandowski left department following Noem's ouster — 28/03/2026 [USA]

  Corey Lewandowski, a special government employee who served as a top adviser to former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, has departed from his post at the Department of Homeland Security, a spo...

  Related: #Personnel Changes, #Government Transitions
• 🇺🇸 Trump's homeland security pick Mullin is poised to inherit a department beset by challenges — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  Should Sen. Markwayne Mullin be approved as the next secretary of Homeland Security, he will walk into the department's sprawling Washington, D.C., campus with his work cut out for him.

  Related: #Homeland Security
• 🇺🇸 Trump's security pick Mullin poised to inherit a DHS beset by challenges — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  Immigration enforcement is at a crossroads. Disaster-hit states and their lawmakers are angry at delayed federal assistance. Frustrated travelers face long airport security lines due to a monthlong fu...

  Related: #Homeland Security
• 🇺🇸 Richard Grenell: From Trump Cabinet Hopeful to Ex-Kennedy Center Manager — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  Richard Grenell once hoped to be President Trump’s secretary of state. Instead, Mr. Trump just replaced him as Kennedy Center president.

  Related: #Career Transition
• 🇺🇸 An undiplomatic system: Political appointments are undermining America’s image abroad — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  The real danger is not one controversial nominee. It is a system that keeps producing them.

  Related: #Diplomacy, #Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 Trump announces Ric Grenell is stepping down as Kennedy Center's president — 14/03/2026 [USA]

  Richard Grenell, an ally of President Donald Trump who oversaw far reaching changes at the Kennedy Center that prompted many artists to abandon the iconic performing arts venue, will step down as the ...

  Related: #Arts Leadership
• 🇬🇧 Trump replaces Ric Grenell as Kennedy Center head — 13/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>President thanks Grenell for ‘outstanding work’ and says Matt Floca, vice-president of operations, will take over</p><p>Donald Trump has announced that Ric Grenell, the longtime Republican foreign ...

  Related: #Arts Leadership
• 🇺🇸 Trump Confirms New Leadership at Kennedy Center, Departure of Ric Grenell — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  Matt Floca has been named new head of the Kennedy Center, according to President Donald Trump.

  Related: #Arts Administration
• 🇺🇸 Kennedy Center Chief Richard Grenell Out, as Trump Touts New Appointee — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  "Matt [Floca] has helped us achieve tremendous progress," president says of incoming executive director of institution Trump reshaped and renamed after himself

  Related: #Cultural Institutions
• 🇺🇸 Donald Trump Announces New Leader For Kennedy Center Amid Reports Of Ric Grenell’s Exit — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  Donald Trump announced that Matt Floca has been tapped to serve as the executive director of the Kennedy Center, amid reports that Ric Grenell, who has led the arts institution for more than a year, w...

  Related: #Cultural Institutions
• 🇺🇸 Grenell exits Kennedy Center; Trump picks new executive director — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  Ric Grenell is leaving his role as head of the Kennedy Center, a source close to the Trump Kennedy Center confirmed to The Hill on Friday. President Trump announced in a Truth Social post that Matt Fl...

  Related: #Leadership Change
• 🇺🇸 Trump indicates Ric Grenell out as Kennedy Center president — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  Matt Floca will be the new CEO and executive director of the Kennedy Center, President Trump announced.

  Related: #Arts Leadership
• 🇺🇸 Trump ally Ric Grenell stepping down as Kennedy Center president — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  Richard Grenell, the longtime Republican foreign policy adviser who oversaw far reaching changes at the Kennedy Center that prompted many artists to abandon the iconic performing arts venue, will step...

  Related: #Arts Leadership
• 🇺🇸 Can Markwayne Mullin succeed as Homeland Security secretary? — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump's firing of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is welcome news, but unless Trump changes his harmful policies on immigration and other areas, the department will continue to be pl...

  Related: #National Security
• 🇺🇸 Trump names new head of VOA's parent agency after court ruling against Kari Lake — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  Sarah Rogers, Trump's nominee, has led the administration’s campaign against E.U. and U.K. regulation of online hate speech and misinformation.

  Related: #Media Governance
• 🇺🇸 Trump nominates State official to replace Kari Lake at VOA parent agency — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump on Thursday nominated a State Department official to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees Voice of America (VOA), after a judge ruled Kari Lake was unlawfully ...

  Related: #Media Leadership
• 🇬🇧 Starmer overruled warning of ‘reputational risk’ over Mandelson appointment, files show — 11/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Newly released documents also show Peter Mandelson was offered highly classified briefings before formal vetting was complete</p><p>Keir Starmer overruled officials who warned of a “reputational ri...

  Related: #Reputational Risk
• 🇬🇧 Starmer’s national security adviser expressed concern about Mandelson appointment, documents show - UK politics live — 11/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Release shows that Jonathan Powell warned Morgan McSweeney about the appointment of Mandelson as US ambassador</p><p>As reported by <strong>Nadeem Badshah</strong> this morning, the documents relat...

  Related: #National Security
• 🇺🇸 British prime minister was warned of 'reputational risk' in appointing Mandelson, files show — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  Concerns were raised in a document sent to Prime Minister Keir Starmer in December 2024 when he was considering appointing Peter Mandelson as U.S. ambassador because of his relationship with convicted...

  Related: #Government Transparency
• 🇺🇸 Tim Scott hopes Fed Chair Powell investigation &apos;goes away&apos; to clear Kevin Warsh confirmation — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  President Donald Trump nominated Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell as Fed chair, but the process has been blocked amid a federal investigation into Powell.

  Related: #Federal Reserve
• 🇺🇸 Who is Markwayne Mullin? Trump ally will bring conservative immigration policies to DHS — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  Republicans are optimistic about Markwayne Mullin taking over the reins at DHS, while Democrats warn his tenure will be more of the same after Kristi Noem.

  Related: #Immigration Policy
• 🇺🇸 Warsh to meet Tillis as Senate confirmation remains blocked — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., has refused to advance Warsh's confirmation until a probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell is dropped.

  Related: #Senate Confirmation
• 🇺🇸 White House defends firing of Republican NTSB board member — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  The White House says National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman was removed for misconduct after it received "highly concerning reports."

  Related: #Government Accountability
• 🇺🇸 How Markwayne Mullin Became Trump’s Homeland Security Pick — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  The Oklahoma senator whom President Trump chose to run the Department of Homeland Security has risen in Washington by styling himself as a MAGA warrior and Trump loyalist.

  Related: #Homeland Security
• 🇺🇸 White House Removes Republican Member of N.T.S.B. — 08/03/2026 [USA]

  J. Todd Inman, who was prominent in the investigation of the midair collision in Washington last year, said no reason was given for his firing two years into his term on the transportation safety boar...

  Related: #Transportation Safety
• 🇺🇸 Trump moving Kristi Noem to special envoy for The Shield of the Americas — 07/03/2026 [USA]

  In contrast with the record number of firings during President Trump's first term, he has opted to shuffle people into new roles during his second term. Mr. Trump said that Kristi Noem will be moving ...

  Related: #Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 Trump's pick for DHS secretary leaves US Senate vacancy in deep-red Oklahoma — 06/03/2026 [USA]

  Stitt said in a statement Thursday that he will look to appoint "a strong, small government conservative voice to support President Trump."

  Related: #Senate Vacancies
• 🇺🇸 Form 4 LeonaBio Inc For: 5 March — 06/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Geopolitics, #Energy Markets, #Market Reaction