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Jamieson Greer confirmed as Trump’s top trade negotiator

By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

Greer is a veteran of President Donald Trump's first-term economic battles with China, Mexico and Canada.

WATCH: Trump touts ‘gold card’ immigration visa at Cabinet meeting with Elon Musk

By Associated Press

“If we sell a million, that’s $5 trillion dollars,” President Donald Trump said during the first meeting of his second-term Cabinet, suggesting that the new revenue generated for federal coffers could be used to pay off the country’s debt.

WATCH: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sworn in as Trump’s secretary of health and human services

By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in Thursday as President Donald Trump’s health secretary after a close Senate vote, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the…

WATCH: McMahon says Trump would involve Congress in plan to close Education Department

By Erica R. Hendry

Education secretary nominee Linda McMahon said in her confirmation hearing Thursday that President Donald Trump "understands we will be working with Congress" on plans to change or eliminate the Department of Education.

WATCH: McMahon confirmation hearing ‘a very elegant gaslighting,’ Sen. Hassan says

By Hannah Grabenstein

Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., told Linda McMahon on Thursday that her confirmation hearing felt “surreal,” given the fact that President Donald Trump intends to eliminate the Department of Education, which he has tapped McMahon to head.

WATCH: Sen. Murray asks McMahon what she’ll do ‘if Elon Musk tells you not to spend money’

By Hannah Grabenstein

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., questioned Linda McMahon on Thursday about the spending of congressionally appropriated funds in her confirmation hearing for education secretary.

Senate confirms Brooke Rollins as Trump’s agriculture secretary as tariffs and deportations loom

By Matt Brown, Scott McFetridge, Associated Press

Conservative lawyer Brooke Rollins was confirmed Thursday as secretary of agriculture, placing a close ally of President Donald Trump into a key Cabinet position at a time when mass deportation plans could lead to farm labor shortages and tariffs could hit agricultural exports.

WATCH: Lori Chavez-DeRemer testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for labor secretary

By Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press

Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana who chairs the committee, opened the hearing by saying the Trump administration had an opportunity to enact a pro-American agenda.

WATCH: Linda McMahon testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for education secretary

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

McMahon on Thursday sketched out how key functions of the Education Department could be carved up to achieve President Donald Trump's goal of dismantling the agency, vowing to “reorient” the department while continuing some of its largest programs.