Before we take a week off for Thanksgiving, let’s get you caught up with President-elect Trump’s picks for his cabinet, and other key appointments. Trump named the following on Friday …

Requires Senate Confirmation

•Labor secretary – Lori Chavez-DeRemer

•CIA director – John Ratcliffe

•Environmental Protection Agency director – Lee Zeldin 

•Treasury secretary – Scott Bessent

•Agriculture secretary – Brooke Rollins

•Commerce – Howard Lutnick

•Food and Drug Administration director – Martin A. Makary

•North Atlantic Treaty Organization ambassador – Matthew G. Whitaker

•Housing secretary – Scott Turner

•Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director – Dave Welden

•Surgeon General – Janette Nesheiwat

•Office of Management and Budget director – Russell T. Vought

No Senate Confirmation

•Deputy Chiefs of Staff --  James Blair, Taylor Budowich, Stephen Miller, Dan Scavino

•Border czar – Thomas Homan

•National Security Advisor – Michael Waltz

•White House Council – Bill McGinley

•Communication director – Steven Cheung

•Press secretary – Karoline Leavitt

•Staff secretary – Will Scharf

•Personnel – Sergio Gor

•Federal Communications Commission chair – Brendan Carr

•Deputy National Security advisor – Alex Wong

•Deputy assistant to the president – Sebastian Gorka

--TL