Trump’s Next Challenge: Confirming His Cabinet Picks

A fair share of nominees with conventional GOP backgrounds could glide through the Senate, but others are bracing for fireworks.

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Clockwise, from left to right: Senator Marco Rubio (R., Fla.), Pete Hegseth, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Tulsi Gabbard

Marco Bello, Elizabeth Frantz, Jeenah Moon/Reuters, NR Illustration

Next week, Donald Trump will reenter 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with an ambitious legislative agenda and a long list of cabinet picks that he believes will reflect the ideologically diverse coalition of voters who elected him to a second term.

The next challenge for the president-elect and his team is muscling this cast of characters through the full Senate.

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