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Trump rounds out Cabinet nominees

President-elect Donald Trump over the weekend tapped Brooke Rollins for <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/24/donald-trump-cabinet-picks/76548459007/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Secretary of Agriculture</a>. Plus, Trump tapped <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/22/trump-taps-russ-vought-project-2025-architect-to-lead-budget-office/76511443007/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Russell Vought</a>, a Project 2025 architect, to lead the budget office.Tennessean State Government and Politics Reporter Melissa Brown explains <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/11/21/trans-rights-tennessee/76473325007/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">how a Tennessee teenager could change transgender rights nationwide</a>.Public faith in US institutions <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/24/trump-vow-to-blowtorch-disrupt-government-finds-appeal-with-americans/76407415007/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">continues to erode</a>, as Trump takes aim at dismantling parts of the government.USA TODAY Senior National Political Correspondent Sarah D. Wire examines <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/22/trump-resistance-groups-democrat-movement/76414325007/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">what the next Democratic resistance movement might look like</a>. Episode Transcript <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/11/25/president-elect-trump-cabinet-nominees-the-excerpt/76565702007/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">available here</a>Also available at<a href="https://art19.com/shows/5-things" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> art19.com/shows/5-Things</a>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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