Busy week ahead for Trump, Cabinet picks

President Donald Trump has a engaged week planned to commencement February, including speeding done much confirmations for the president’s Cabinet picks.

Trump made bully connected his committedness of caller tariffs implicit the weekend, hitting Canada and Mexico with 25% duties and China with a 10% tariff implicit concerns astir fentanyl and continued amerciable immigration.

Those tariffs are expected to beryllium afloat successful unit by Tuesday and person already drawn retaliation from Canada, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing a 25% tariff connected immoderate goods coming into the state from the U.S. connected Sunday. Mexico, meanwhile, has besides signaled a program to enforce tariffs connected the U.S., though circumstantial increases person yet to beryllium announced.

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President Donald Trump (Evan Vucci/AP)

The opening of the week volition besides spot the deadline walk for six elder FBI officials to retire, resign oregon beryllium fired, according to a study by USA Today, making bully connected Trump’s plans to propulsion speech leaders who were promoted by erstwhile FBI Director Christopher Wray.

Monday volition besides spot the Senate ballot connected Trump’s prime for treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, arsenic good arsenic a ballot to beforehand erstwhile Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., Trump’s prime to service arsenic proscription secretary.

Tuesday volition spot Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conscionable with Trump astatine the White House, the archetypal gathering betwixt the 2 leaders since Trump regained power of the Oval Office.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s prime to pb the Department of Health and Human Services, volition look earlier the Senate Committee connected Finance connected Wednesday, a time that volition besides spot Howard Lutnick, Trump’s prime for commerce secretary, look earlier the Senate Committee connected Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and erstwhile Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., Trump’s prime to pb the Small Business Administration, volition attest successful beforehand of the Senate Committee connected Small Business.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

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Wednesday volition besides spot the Senate Committee connected the Judiciary ballot connected whether to nonstop erstwhile Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Trump’s prime to pb the Department of Justice, to the afloat level for a confirmation vote.

Thursday is the deadline for national workers to determine whether they would similar to instrumentality to enactment successful the bureau oregon judge a buyout and severance bundle that would spot them paid done the extremity of September, portion of Trump’s program to trim the national workforce.

Thursday volition besides beryllium a engaged time for Trump Cabinet picks, with Kash Patel, Trump’s prime to lead the FBI, appearing earlier the Senate Judiciary Panel. Meanwhile, Kennedy volition marque an quality successful beforehand of the Senate Committee connected Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, portion erstwhile Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, Trump’s prime to beryllium the manager of nationalist intelligence, volition look earlier the Senate Select Committee connected Intelligence.

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's prime to beryllium manager of the FBI, appears earlier the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation proceeding astatine the Capitol connected Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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The Senate’s Budget sheet volition besides ballot whether to determination Russ Vought, who Trump nominated to pb the Office of Management and Budget, to a ballot connected the afloat floor, portion the Senate Foreign Relations Committee volition determine whether to beforehand Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Trump’s prime for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

The engaged week volition spot different item Friday erstwhile the Bureau of Labor Statistics' archetypal monthly jobs study comes retired since Trump took office, with the U.S. looking to deed 49 consecutive months of occupation gains.