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THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH:

47TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:

DONALD J. TRUMP (R, elected 2016, 2024)

49TH VICE PRESIDENT

JAMES D. VANCE (R, elected 2024)

THE SECOND CABINET OF DONALD TRUMP

SECRETARY OF STATE

MARCO RUBIO (assumed 01.13.25)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

SCOTT BESSENT (assumed 01.28.25)

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

PETE HEGSETH (assumed 01.24.25)

ATTORNEY GENERAL

PAM BONDI (unassumed)

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR

DOUG BURGUM (assumed 01.31.25)

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE

BROOKE ROLLINS (unassumed)

SECRETARY OF COMMERCE

HOWARD LUTNICK (unassumed)

SECRETARY OF LABOR

LORI CHAVEZ-DeREMER (unassumed)

SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

ROBERT KENNEDY JR. (unassumed)

SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

SCOTT TURNER (unassumed)

SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

SEAN DUFFY (assumed 01.28.25)

SECRETARY OF ENERGY

CHRIS WRIGHT (unassumed)

SECRETARY OF EDUCATION

LINDA McMAHON (unassumed)

SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

DOUG COLLINS (unassumed)

SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY

KRISTI NOEM (assumed 01.25.25)

WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF

SUSIE WILES (acting capacity)

DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

RUSSELL VOUGHT (unassumed)

ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

LEE ZELDIN (assumed 01.29.25)

DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

TULSI GABBARD (unassumed)

DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

JOHN RATCLIFFE (assumed 01.23.25)

UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

JAMIESON GREER (unassumed)

AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS

ELISE STEFANIK (unassumed)

CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

VACANT

ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

KELLY LOEFFLER (unassumed)

THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:

MIKE JOHNSON (R-LA4, 5th term, re-elected 2024)

HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER

STEVE SCALISE (R-LA1, 9th term, re-elected 2024)

HOUSE MINORITY LEADER

HAKEEM JEFFRIES (D-NY8, 7th term, re-elected 2024)

THE SENATE

PRESIDENT PRO TEMPERE

CHUCK GRASSLEY (R-IA, 8th term, re-elected 2022)

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER

JOHN THUNE (R-SD, 4th term, re-elected 2022)

SENATE MINORITY LEADER

CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY, 5th term, re-elected 2020)

THE JUDICIAL BRANCH

JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT

JOHN ROBERTS (Chief Justice, sworn in 2005)

CLARENCE THOMAS (Associate Justice, sworn in 1991)

SAMUEL ALITO (Associate Justice, sworn in 2006)

SONIA SOTOMAYOR (Associate Justice, sworn in 2009)

ELENA KAGAN (Associate Justice, sworn in 2010)

NEIL GORSUCH (Associate Justice, sworn in 2017)

BRETT KAVANAUGH (Associate Justice, sworn in 2018)

AMY CONEY BARRETT (Associate Justice, sworn in 2020)

KETANJI BROWN JACKSON (Associate Justice, sworn in 2022)

TIMELINE OF MAJOR EVENTS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

Please note this this timeline pertains to major legislative and otherwise political developments within the United States Federal and State Governments, including, but not limited to: notable public statements, legislation, council votes, rulings, and decrees. Disasters, conflicts, cultural events involving political figures, nondevelopmental statements, and other happenstances will not be listed other than government activities in the context of these events.

2025

JAN 20, 2025

• Donald Trump is inaugurated as 47th President of the United States of America
• The Office of the President performs 46 presidential actions, including 26 executive orders. TIME / Exec. Order Tracker via Docs
• These orders include the ending of government DEI initiatives, rescindment of Biden adm. EO's, ending the ban on employment discrimination, withholding of foreign aid, and withdrawals from the WHO and Paris Accords, among other

JAN 21, 2025

• Trump announces a $500bn government investment in Stargate, a joint AI venture by OpenAI, Oracle, & Softbank CBS

JAN 23, 2025

• Trump signs order to declassify files on JFK, RFK, and MLK (Reuters)
• Federal judge John Coughenour blocks Trump’s executive order that ends birthright citizenship (ABC)

JAN 25, 2025

• SecState Rubio freezes all US foreign aid, except to Egypt & Israel Guardian

JAN 26, 2025

• Trump adm. orders a sweeping freeze of trillions of federal spending, including SNAP aid, Pentagon contracts, and government loans POLITICO

The communists secure another sphere of influence in the war of position for KTT

@americana one of the most level headed and smart people on KTT

Got nothing but trust in OP

Another day, another L for McCarthy

Gaetz votes for Trump for speaker

What does failing to secure a speaker mean/affect?

No business in the House can begin until a speaker is chosen

This is the funniest s*** ever

dems gonna end up just letting McCarthy win and get blamed I bet lol

No way in hell they’ll do that. This is making republicans look dysfunctional so there’s no reason for Dems to swoop in and help them out

McCarthy 0-7

Gaetz voting Trump

You’re overestimating Democrats ability to stick to any of their stated principles whatsoever

When big threads get remade by great and active posters

The only viable speaker candidate is Clay Higgins. He will bring Congress together for a bipartisan crawfish boil

I’m saying like after a month or something

If the proud boys targeted this party instead of the party they did target, I’d honestly contend no one would be mad

Literally nothing can happen in the house til they have a speaker. The reps can’t even be sworn in, so they are all still member-elect

If Republicans were halfway competent they’d have supermajorities in both houses now. Instead they can’t even exercise their majority in the house they barely won. Clowns

Just think about if their margin was 220-219

MTG not siding with those 20 reps has caused this

tenth time's the charm!

Why they gotta give these long-ass speeches every time they nominate people still

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