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On February 4, 2019, President Trump announced his intention to nominate Interior Deputy Secretary and Acting Secretary Bernhardt to be the next United States Secretary of the Interior. On April 11, 2019, Bernhardt was confirmed by the Senate in a vote of 56–41. He served until the end of the Trump administration, on January 20, 2021.
After leaving the White House in 2021, McEntee met with billionaire Peter Thiel to pitch him several tech startup ideas, one of which was the idea for a conservative dating app called The Right Stuff. Thiel agreed to fund the app and subsequently made a seed round investment of $1.5 million. The app launched on September 30, 2022. [36] [37]
Donald Trump, a Republican originally from New York, who during his first presidency moved his principal residency to Florida, was elected president of the United States in 2016. He was inaugurated on January 20, 2017, as the nation's 45th president, and his presidency ended on January 20, 2021, with the inauguration of Joe Biden .
The administration made it easier for businesses to use health insurance plans not covered by several of the ACA's protections, including for preexisting conditions, [355] and allowed organizations not to cover birth control. [368] In justifying the action, the administration made false claims about the health harms of contraceptives. [369]
Several individuals have declined to serve in Trump's administration or have been excluded from serving. On October 29, U.S. senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming declined to be considered for Secretary of the Interior. [61] On November 7, U.S. senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas declined to serve in an administration role. [62]
The whistleblower said that the White House had attempted to cover up the incident and that the call was part of a wider campaign by the Trump administration and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani that may have included withholding financial aid from Ukraine in July 2019 and canceling Pence's May 2019 Ukraine trip. [510]
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Following Gaetz's resignation and Trump's selection of representatives Elise Stefanik of New York and Michael Waltz of Florida for United States ambassador to the United Nations and national security advisor, respectively, the House would hold a majority of 217–215 upon Trump's second inauguration, the narrowest controlling majority in House ...