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Led NASA efforts on Trump transition team

Chris Anderson

Office of Senator Steve Daines

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Jeff Anderson

The American Main Street Initiative

Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics

Michael Anton

Hillsdale College

Deputy assistant to the President for Strategic Communications on the National Security Council

EJ Antoni

The Heritage Foundation

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Andrew Arthur

Center for Immigration Studies

Panel member at the Federal Labor Relations Authority

Paul Atkins

Patomak Global Partners

Adviser for financial regulations on Trump transition team

Julie Axelrod

Center for Immigration Studies

Senior adviser to the associate policy director for the Environmental Protection Agency
Operations director for the Presidential Personnel Office Worked on Trump’s 2016 campaign
Special assistant to the president in the Domestic Policy Council

Stewart Baker

Steptoe and Johnson LLP

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Erik Baptist

Alliance Defending Freedom

Lawyer for the Environmental Protection Agency

Brent Bennett

Texas Public Policy Foundation

No known connection

John Berlau

Competitive Enterprise Institute

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Russell Berman

Hoover Institution

Senior policy adviser in the State Department

Sanjai Bhagat

University of Colorado, Boulder

No known connection

Stephen Billy

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America

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Senior adviser in the Office of Management and Budget

Brad Bishop

American Cornerstone Institute

Deputy assistant communications secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development

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Josh Blackman

South Texas College of Law

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Jim Blew

Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies

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Assistant secretary for planning, evaluation and policy development at the Department of Education

Robert Bortins

Classical Conversations

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Rachel Bovard

Conservative Partnership Institute

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Matt Bowman

Alliance Defending Freedom

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Deputy general counsel at the Department of Health and Human Services

Steven G. Bradbury

The Heritage Foundation

Deputy transportation secretary, briefly transportation secretary in Jan. 2021

Preston Brashers

The Heritage Foundation

No known connection

Chief speechwriter to the attorney general

Kyle Brosnan

The Heritage Foundation

Served senior roles at the Departments of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security

Patrick T. Brown

Ethics and Public Policy Center

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No known connection

Robert Burkett

ACLJ Action

Held positions in the Department of Defense, Commerce and Labor

Michael Burley

American Cornerstone Institute

Special assistant to the president and associate director of presidential personnel

Jonathan Butcher

The Heritage Foundation

No known connection

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Mark Buzby

Buzby Maritime Associates, LLC

Margaret Byfield

American Stewards of Liberty

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National deputy director in the Department of Commerce Consultant for Trump transition team

Anthony Campau

Center for Renewing America

Chief of staff and counselor of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget Member of Trump transition team

Frank Carroll

Professional Forest Management

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No known connection

Oren Cass

American Compass

No known connection

Brian J. Cavanaugh

American Global Strategies

Special assistant to the president for national security affairs on the National Security Council

Spencer Chretien

The Heritage Foundation

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Special assistant to Trump, associate director of presidential personnel

Claire Christensen

American Cornerstone Institute

No known connection

Victoria Coates

The Heritage Foundation

Held senior positions in the Department of Energy and the National Security Council Worked on Trump transition team for National Security Council

Ellie Cohanim

Independent Women’s Forum

Deputy special envoy to combat anti-Semitism at the Department of State
Acting under secretary of defense for intelligence and security in the Department of Defense

Elbridge Colby

Marathon Initiative

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Deputy assistant defense secretary for strategy and force development
Deputy chief of staff for policy and director of the office of policy & strategy planning in the Department of Commerce

Lisa Correnti

Center for Family and Human Rights

Delegate to the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women

Monica Crowley

The Nixon Seminar

Assistant public affairs secretary for the Department of Transportation

Laura Cunliffe

Independent Women’s Forum

Chief of staff to the ambassador to the United Nations, associate director for education, income maintenance and labor at the Office of Management and Budget

Tom Dans

Amberwave Partners

Counselor to the under secretary for international affairs at the Department of Treasury
Deputy assistant defense secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Member of the Department of Defense transition team and surrogate for Trump’s 2016 campaign

Chris De Ruyter

National Center for Urban Operations

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Corey DeAngelis

American Federation for Children

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Caroline DeBerry

Paragon Health Institute

No known connection

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Arielle Del Turco

Family Research Council

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Irv Dennis

American Cornerstone Institute

Chief financial officer of the Department of Housing and Urban Development

David Deptula

Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

No known connection

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Chuck DeVore

Texas Public Policy Foundation

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James Di Pane

The Heritage Foundation

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Matthew Dickerson

The Heritage Foundation

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Michael Ding

America First Legal Foundation

Deputy White House liaison for Export-Import Bank

David Ditch

The Heritage Foundation

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Natalie Dodson

Ethics and Public Policy Center

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Dave Dorey

The Fairness Center

Deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism and threat prevention at the Department of Homeland Security

Max Eden

American Enterprise Institute

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Chief financial officer for the Department of Homeland Security

Joseph Edlow

The Heritage Foundation

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Deputy director for policy at Citizenship and Immigration Services

Jen Ehlinger

Booz Allen Hamilton

Communications strategist at the State Department

John Ehrett

Office of Senator Josh Hawley

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Kristen Eichamer

The Heritage Foundation

Deputy press secretary for NASA

Robert S. Eitel

Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies

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Senior counselor to the secretary of education

Will Estrada

Parents Rights Foundation

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Farnaz Farkish Thompson

McGuireWoods

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Jon Feere

Center for Immigration Studies

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Senior adviser to the Director and chief of staff at Immigration and Customs Enforcement Immigration adviser on Trump’s 2016 campaign, member of Trump transition team

Baruch Feigenbaum

Reason Foundation

No known connection

Travis Fisher

The Heritage Foundation

Adviser in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Department of Energy

George Fishman

Center for Immigration Studies

Deputy general counsel at the Department of Homeland Security

Leslie Ford

The Heritage Foundation

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Special assistant to Trump for domestic policy

Aharon Friedman

Federal Policy Group

Senior adviser to the assistant secretary for tax policy at the Treasury Department

Bruce Frohnen

Ohio Northern University College of Law

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Director of the office of external affairs and communications at the Economic Development Administration
Deputy assistant secretary for policy at the Department of Transportation Member of Department of Transportation transition team

Caleigh Gabel

American Cornerstone Institute

Special assistant at the Department of Housing and Urban Development

Christopher Gacek

Family Research Council

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Alexandra Gaiser

River Financial Inc.

Lawyer for the Treasury Department

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Patty-Jane Geller

The Heritage Foundation

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Andrew Gillen

Texas Public Policy Foundation

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James S. Gilmore

Gilmore Global Group LLC

Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Vance Ginn

Vance Ginn Economic Consulting, LLC

Associate director for economic policy at the Office of Management and Budget

Alma Golden

The Institute for Women’s Health

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Deputy assistant administrator for the Agency for International Development

Chadwick R. Gore

Defense Forum Foundation

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David Gortler

Ethics and Public Policy Center

No known connection

Brian Gottstein

The Heritage Foundation

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Dan Greenberg

Competitive Enterprise Institute

Senior policy adviser to the labor secretary

Rob Greenway

Hudson Institute

Senior director of the National Security Council

Rachel Greszler

The Heritage Foundation

No known connection

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DJ Gribbin

Madrus Consulting

Special assistant to the president for infrastructure at the National Economic Council

Garrison Grisedale

American Cornerstone Institute

Speechwriter for the housing and urban development secretary

Joseph Grogan

USC Schaeffer School for Health Policy and Economics

Director of the United States Domestic Policy Council

No known connection

Jeffrey Gunter

Republican Jewish Coalition

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Special assistant to the assistant administrator at the U.S. Agency for International Development
Michigan state co-chair for Trump’s 2016 campaign

Amalia Halikias

The Heritage Foundation

No known connection

Richard Hanania

Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology

No known connection

Simon Hankinson

The Heritage Foundation

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Senior counsel to the assistant administrator for air and radiation at the Environmental Protection Agency

Derek Harvey

Office of Representative Devin Nunes

Middle East director on the National Security Council

Jason Hayes

Mackinac Center for Public Policy

No known connection

No known connection

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Deputy press secretary at the Office of Management and Budget

Troup Hemenway

Personnel Policy Operations

Associate director for National Security in the Presidential Personnel Office Member of Trump transition team and Trump’s 2016 campaign policy team

Nathan Hitchen

Equal Rights Institute

No known connection

Ambassador to the Netherlands

Gabriella Hoffman

Independent Women’s Forum

No known connection

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Tom Homan

The Heritage Foundation

Acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Member of the Trump transition team overseeing the Environmental Protection Agency

Mike Howell

The Heritage Foundation

Oversight counsel at the Department of Homeland Security

Valerie Huber

The Institute for Women’s Health

Chief of staff for the assistant health secretary

Andrew Hughes

American Cornerstone Institute

Chief of staff for the housing and urban development secretary

Joseph Humire

Center for a Secure Free Society

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Christopher Iacovella

American Securities Association

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Melanie Israel

The Heritage Foundation

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Ken Ivory

Utah State Representative

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Roman Jankowski

The Heritage Foundation

Acting chief of staff at the privacy office of the Department of Homeland Security

James Jay Carafano

The Heritage Foundation

Primary aide in State Department transition team

No known connection

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Emilie Kao

Alliance Defending Freedom

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Jared M. Kelson

Boyden Gray & Associates

Attorney-adviser in the legal counsel’s office at the Department of Justice

Aaron Kheriaty

Ethics and Public Policy Center

No known connection

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Ali Kilmartin

Alliance Defending Freedom

Deputy assistant secretary for policy at the Department of Labor

Julie Kirchner

Federation for American Immigration Reform

Ombudsman of citizenship and immigration services at the Department of Homeland Security Immigration adviser on Trump’s 2016 campaign

Dan Kish

Institute for Energy Research

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Kenneth A. Klukowski

Schaerr Jaffe

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Held positions in the Department of Justice and Office of Management and Budget Senior adviser for Constitutional rights on the Trump transition team

Adam Korzeniewski

American Principles Project

Counsel at the Treasury Department

Bethany Kozma

Keystone Policy

Deputy chief of staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development
Chief information officer of the intelligence community in the office of the director of national intelligence

Julius Krein

American Affairs

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Stanley Kurtz

Ethics and Public Policy Center

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David LaCerte

Baker Botts, LLP

Deputy associate director of the Office of Personnel Management

Paul J. Larkin

The Heritage Foundation

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Paul Lawrence

Lawrence Consulting

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Under secretary for benefits at the Department of Veterans Affairs

James R. Lawrence III

Envisage Law

Deputy general counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services, chief counsel of the Food and Drug Administration

Nathan Leamer

Targeted Victory

No known connection

David Legates

University of Delaware

Deputy assistant secretary of commerce for observation and prediction at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Marlo Lewis

Competitive Enterprise Institute

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No known connection

Ben Lieberman

Competitive Enterprise Institute

No known connection

Policy adviser at the Department of Housing and Urban Development

Evelyn Lim

American Cornerstone Institute

Regional administrator at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, deputy chief of staff in the office of the homeland security secretary

Morgan Lorraine Viña

Jewish Institute for National Security of America

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Chief of staff for international security affairs for the under secretary of defense

Mario Loyola

Competitive Enterprise Institute

Associate director for regulatory reform at the White House Council on Environmental Quality

John G. Malcolm

The Heritage Foundation

No known connection

Joseph Masterman

Cooper & Kirk, PLLC

No known connection

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Earl Matthews

The Vandenberg Coalition

Acting general counsel of the Department of the Army Served on Trump’s Department of Defense transition team

Dan Mauler

Heritage Action for America

No known connection

Drew McCall

American Cornerstone Institute

No known connection

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Trent McCotter

Boyden Gray & Associates

Deputy associate attorney general

Micah Meadowcroft

The American Conservative

White House liaison for the Environmental Protection Agency

Edwin Meese III

The Heritage Foundation

Was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Trump

Jessica Melugin

Competitive Enterprise Institute

No known connection

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Frank Mermoud

Orpheus International

No known connection

Mark Miller

Office of Governor Kristi Noem

No known connection

Cleta Mitchell

Conservative Partnership Institute

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Joined the call in which Trump asked Georgia’s top election official to find votes for him
Assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs

Caitlin Moon

American Center for Law & Justice

No known connection

Clare Morell

Ethics and Public Policy Center

Special assistant in the Office on Violence Against Women

Mark Morgan

The Heritage Foundation

Acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Hunter Morgen

American Cornerstone Institute

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Special assistant to Trump, White House senior adviser for policy and strategy Worked on Trump’s 2016 campaign and Trump transition team

Rachel Morrison

Ethics and Public Policy Center

No known connection

Jonathan Moy

The Heritage Foundation

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Iain Murray

Competitive Enterprise Institute

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Ryan Nabil

National Taxpayers Union

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Michael Nasi

Jackson Walker LLP

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Lucian Niemeyer

The Niemeyer Group, LLC

Assistant secretary of defense for energy, installations and environment
Assistant secretary for industry and analysis in the International Trade Administration
Director of defense research and engineering for research and technology in the Department of Defense

Kathy Nuebel Kovarik

Sagitta Solutions, LLC

Policy and strategy chief at Customs and Immigration Services

Caleb Orr

Boyden Gray & Associates

No known connection

Nina Owcharenko Schaefer

The Heritage Foundation

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Senior counselor to the health and human services secretary Served on Trump’s landing team for the Department of Health and Human Services

Matt O’Brien

Immigration Reform Law Institute

No known connection

Chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media
Chief innovation officer and director of the Innovation, Technology, Research Hub in the U.S. Agency for International Development

Michael Pillsbury

The Heritage Foundation

Chair of the Defense Policy Board at the Department of Defense Trump said in 2018 that he was the “leading authority on China”

Patrick Pizzella

Leadership Institute

Robert Poole

Reason Foundation

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No known connection

Kevin Preskenis

Allymar Health Solutions

Chief of staff to the assistant secretary and chief financial officer at the Department of Commerce

Pam Pryor

National Committee for Religious Freedom

Senior bureau official for international organization affairs at the State Department Led faith outreach initiative during Trump’s 2016 campaign

Thomas Pyle

Institute for Energy Research

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John Ratcliffe

American Global Strategies

Director of national intelligence

Paul Ray

The Heritage Foundation

Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

Joseph Reddan

Flexilis Forestry, LLC

No known connection

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Jay W. Richards

The Heritage Foundation

No known connection

Jordan Richardson

Heise Suarez Melville, P.A.

Special assistant to Trump for domestic policy

Jason Richwine

Center for Immigration Studies

Deputy director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Shaun Rieley

The American Conservative

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No known connection

Lora Ries

The Heritage Foundation

Acting deputy chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security Served on Trump’s transition team

No known connection

Mark Robeck

Energy Evolution Consulting LLC

Deputy general counsel for energy policy
Deputy chief of staff at the Department of Commerce lowa communications director for Trump’s 2016 campaign

Mark Royce

NOVA-Annandale College

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Reed Rubinstein

America First Legal Foundation

Deputy associate attorney general

William Ruger

American Institute for Economic Research

Trump nominated him to serve as the ambassador to Afghanistan, though the nomination was returned

Austin Ruse

Center for Family and Human Rights

No known connection

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Brent D. Sadler

The Heritage Foundation

No known connection

Jon Sanders

John Locke Foundation

No known connection

Carla Sands

America First Policy Institute

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Ambassador to Denmark Economic adviser on Trump’s 2016 campaign

No known connection

Brett D. Schaefer

The Heritage Foundation

No known connection

Matt Schuck

American Cornerstone Institute

Special communications adviser at the Broadcasting Board of Governors (now known as U.S. Agency for Global Media) Communications director on Trump’s 2016 campaign in Wisconsin
Deputy general counsel for the Environmental Protection Agency

Jon Schweppe

American Principles Project

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Marc Scribner

Reason Foundation

No known connection

Darin Selnick

Selnick Consulting

Senior adviser to the veterans affairs secretary

Josh Sewell

Taxpayers for Common Sense

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No known connection

Kathleen Sgamma

Western Energy Alliance

No known connection

Matt Sharp

Alliance Defending Freedom

No known connection

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Judy Shelton

Independent Institute

Served as an adviser on Trump’s transition team Trump nominated her to the Board of the Federal Reserve, but her nomination stalled in the Senate

Nathan Simington

Federal Communications Commission

Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission

Loren Smith

Skyline Policy Risk Group

Deputy assistant secretary for policy at the Department of Transportation Served on Trump’s landing team for the Department of Labor

Zack Smith

The Heritage Foundation

No known connection

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Jack Spencer

The Heritage Foundation

No known connection

Adrienne Spero

U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security

Senior counselor to the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security

Thomas W. Spoehr

The Heritage Foundation

No known connection

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Peter St Onge

The Heritage Foundation

No known connection

Chris Stanley

Functional Government Initiative

Chief of congressional and intergovernmental affairs at the U.S. Census Bureau

Paula M. Stannard

Attorney

Deputy General Counsel at the Department of Health and Human Services Led health care reform on Trump’s transition team

Parker Stathatos

Texas Public Policy Foundation

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William Steiger

Consultant

Chief of staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development

Kenny Stein

Institute for Energy Research

No known connection

Robby Stephany Saunders

Coalition for a Prosperous America

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Corey Stewart

Stewart PLLC

Virginia state chair of Trump’s 2016 campaign, was later fired

Mari Stull

American Opportunity Foundation

Senior adviser to the State Department’s Bureau of International Organization Affairs

Katharine T. Sullivan

1792 Exchange

Principal deputy assistant attorney general

Brett Swearingen

Miller Johnson

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Special assistant to the deputy assistant defense secretary for stability and humanitarian affairs
Senior counsel on the White House Council on Environment Quality

Katy Talento

AllBetter Health

Health care policy adviser on the White House Domestic Policy Council Health care policy adviser for Trump’s 2016 campaign

Tony Tata

Tata Leadership Group, LLC

Senior adviser to defense secretary Trump nominated him to be defense under secretary for policy, but the confirmation was canceled and nomination was withdrawn

Todd Thurman

American Cornerstone Institute

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Digital strategy specialist and White House liaison at the Department of Housing and Urban Development

Brett Tolman

Tolman Group

Adviser to White House on pardons and commutations, secured a pardon for Jared Kushner’s father

Kayla M. Tonnessen

Recovery for America Now Foundation

Chief of staff of the Office of National Drug Control Policy

Joe Trotter

American Legislative Exchange Council

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Tevi Troy

Mercatus Center

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Special adviser at the Department of Commerce

Erin Valdez

Texas Public Policy Foundation

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Mark Vandroff

Fincantieri Marine Group

Senior director for defense policy at the National Security Council

Jessica M. Vaughan

Center for Immigration Studies

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John Venable

The Heritage Foundation

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Andrew N. Vollmer

Mercatus Center

No known connection

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Greg Walcher

Natural Resources Group, LLC

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Counsel to the commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission

David M. Walsh

Takota Group

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Erin Walsh

The Heritage Foundation

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Assistant commerce secretary, director general of the United States Commercial Service Co-led Trump’s State Department transition team

Jacklyn Ward

American Cornerstone Institute

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Emma Waters

The Heritage Foundation

No known connection

Alexander William Salter

Texas Tech University

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Michael Williams

American Cornerstone Institute

Principal deputy general counsel in the Department of Housing and Urban Development

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Acting Principal at the office of the assistant labor secretary for policy
Assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security
Senior White House adviser to the Department of Homeland Security

Cesar Ybarra

FreedomWorks

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John Zadrozny

America First Legal Foundation

Acting chief of staff of Customs and Immigration Services

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Warren tells Trump to ‘sign the damn bill’ as bipartisan housing package remains stalled in Washington

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., lashed out at President Donald Trump during a recent local television interview, labeling him a “man-child” throwing a “tantrum” over his refusal to sign a sweeping bipartisan housing package.

Appearing on WCVB’s “On the Record,” the left-wing senator did not hold back her frustration over the stalled legislation, delivering a blunt message to the president: “Sign the damn bill.”

“If he cared about the American people, he’d have already signed the damn thing,” Warren said during the interview, arguing that Trump “does not care about the economic survival of America’s working families.”

FILE – The Senate previously advanced the massive housing package geared toward lowering the costs of homes and supercharging the housing supply. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., pitched it as legislation to prevent America from becoming a “nation of renters.” (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Protect Borrowers ; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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TRUMP-BACKED HOUSING BILL CLEARS HOUSE AFTER GOP DEFIES SENATE PRESSURE CAMPAIGN

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is an expansive bipartisan package that she said contains nearly 50 provisions designed to address the nationwide housing emergency.

Warren noted that decades of under-building have driven prices up, leaving the U.S. in need of millions of new units. 

The primary focus of the bill is to lower the costs of construction and make it easier to build new homes.

FILE – President Donald Trump previously said lawmakers must first approve the SAVE America Act before he moves forward with the housing package. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg)

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BIPARTISAN HOUSING PUSH ADVANCES, BUT TRUMP-BACKED INVESTOR BAN FACES RESISTANCE

The bill, which was co-sponsored by Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., also includes a secondary focus aimed at blocking corporate consolidation of the housing market. 

Warren explained that the legislation is designed to keep private equity firms from buying up local neighborhoods and turning America “into a nation of renters.”

According to Warren, the legislation had widespread support from both sides of the aisle before it was stalled.

TRUMP VOWS BLOCK ON SIGNING NEW LAWS UNTIL SAVE AMERICA ACT PASSES SENATE

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She claimed the bill was “handed to the president on a silver platter” and that lawmakers from both parties were eagerly taking credit for the legislation.

“Republicans were all going online, saying, ‘well, I helped write that bill. This bill is terrific,’” Warren said. “So everybody’s out there saying, ‘my bill, I helped make this happen,’ right up until the man-child has a tantrum and announces he will not be signing it.”

FILE – Sen. Elizabeth Warren called President Donald Trump a “man-child” during the interview, describing his refusal to sign the bill as a “tantrum.” (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Critics of the legislation claim it does not allocate fresh federal funding, directly address rising costs of homeownership, or go far enough to address permitting issues. 

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The president previously canceled a scheduled signing event, insisting lawmakers must first approve the unrelated SAVE America Act, a voting-focused measure, before he moves forward.

The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Fox News Digital’s Alex Miller contributed to this report.

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MS NOW anchor Alex Witt to exit as network reduces live weekend programming

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Veteran MS NOW anchor Alex Witt is leaving the news network, which is moving away from live evening programming on weekends.

The new weekend programming strategy announced Friday is a cost-saving measure that will give parent company Versant more resources for a new direct-to-consumer streaming offering that makes MS NOW available to consumers without a pay-TV subscription. The company is also looking to expand its live event business.

According to a memo from MS NOW President Rebecca Kutler, “The Weekend: Primetime,” a live discussion program launched last year, will have its final airing Saturday.

One of the program’s co-hosts, Antonia Hylton, will take over Witt’s midday shifts later this year. Hylton’s co-hosts Ayman Mohyeldin, Catherine Rampell and Elise Jordan will remain with MS NOW and continue to appear on other programs.

Kutler said job losses from the moves are minimal and encouraged staffers who lose their current roles to apply for 40 current job openings at the company with more on the way. MS NOW has been staffing up its news operation since separating from NBC News last year.

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MS NOW changed its name from MSNBC in November. The network, along with other Comcast-owned cable channels, were spun off into Versant in January.

Weekends have long been a ratings weak spot for MS NOW, which while a distant second to Fox News, has seen audience growth in 2026 and remains ahead of CNN. The network has started to rely on podcasts such as “Pod Save America,” from Crooked Media, to fill some hours. The episodes have performed strongly enough for MS NOW to try similar deals with outside podcast producers.

“Throughout the summer, we will expand our taped strategy and announce new content partnerships,” Kutler said in her memo.

With the changes, MS NOW will still have 20 hours of live programming each weekend and will be staffed to handle breaking news.

Witt joined the network formerly known as MSNBC in 1999, long before it began its strong tilt toward progressive political commentary. Over the years, Witt’s weekend newscast became one of the few programs on the network that delivered straight news without opinion.

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Kutler called Witt “a beloved longtime member of our MS NOW family” and “a continued, trusted, and steady presence for our audiences.”

While Witt works through the summer, Hylton will anchor the 11 a.m. weekday time period, which will eventually be handled by former NBC News White House correspondent Peter Alexander.

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McCarthy says Trump will use ‘everything he can’ to force Senate action on SAVE America Act

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As infighting over the SAVE America Act throws congressional Republicans into disarray, President Donald Trump’s bid to get the stalled election bill across the finish line gained one notable ally.

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told Fox News Digital that he supports the election integrity measure and indicated that Trump should continue to use every available tool to pressure the Senate to pass it.

“He’s going to try everything he can to make sure he passes that through,” McCarthy said in a brief interview outside the U.S. Capitol. 

The ex-speaker’s comments came after Trump abruptly called off a signing ceremony Wednesday for a bipartisan housing bill to pressure the Republican-controlled Senate to act on the SAVE America Act.

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President Donald Trump boards Air Force One as he departs Reading Regional Airport in Reading, Pa., on June 23, 2026. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

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The move surprised Republican lawmakers, some of whom were praising the bill’s passage at a press conference when Trump’s Truth Social post broke.

But Trump has repeatedly cast the election measure — requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections and voter identification requirements — as his top legislative priority.

The legislation’s momentum, however, has slowed in the upper chamber, where Republican leadership insists the votes aren’t there amid widespread Democratic opposition. Senate Republicans have also been unwilling to eliminate the legislative filibuster, which requires a 60-vote threshold to pass the legislation.

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Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy speaks during a ceremony honoring President Ronald Reagan on the 115th anniversary of his birthday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Feb. 6, 2026. (Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group)

TRUMP CALLS MAIL IN VOTING CORRUPT AS SENATE BEGINS DEBATE ON SAVE ACT REQUIRING VOTER ID

Amid the SAVE standoff, a group of conservative lawmakers effectively shut down the House floor in an effort to force Senate action on the election bill. 

But the Senate recessed Wednesday for two weeks over the July 4 holiday, leaving the measure in limbo until lawmakers return.

The conservative-led blockade sparked fierce backlash, with several members inside the GOP conference telling Fox News Digital the move risked torpedoing their own legislative agenda.

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Meanwhile, the House has also yet to pass a version of the legislation incorporating several of the president’s priorities, including a mail-in voting crackdown and provisions banning men from competing in women’s sports and child sex change procedures. 

Trump has not indicated whether he will sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, despite the likely existence of a veto-proof majority.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters Thursday that the housing bill had been transmitted to the White House for Trump’s signature following a meeting with the president.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters in the U.S. Capitol on June 10, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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Trump now has 10 days to sign the package or veto it. If he does nothing, the legislation automatically becomes law at the end of the 10-day period.

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