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Trump chooses new Cabinet nominees. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Mr. Trump has promised to dismantle. He also selected Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees health insurance programs for millions of older, poor, and disabled Americans. And Mr. Trump chose Wall Street executive Howard Lutnick to lead the Commerce Department. All three have been has been outspoken supporters of Mr. Trump, and Ms. McMahon and Mr. Lutnick have helped lead his transition team.

Trump’s eye-popping Cabinet picks show his top priority: Loyalty

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