Tag: picks
Trump’s picks to oversee Medicare and biomedical research will divest stock
By Sydney Lupkin , Rob Stein If Dr. Mehmet Oz is confirmed to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, he said in an ethics letter dated Feb. 16 that he will sell health care stock and leave his role as an advisor to iHerb, LLC, a nutritional supplement company that he has promoted…
Trump picks Neil Jacobs to head NOAA, a scientist with ‘Sharpiegate’ ties
By Alejandra Borunda , Julia Simon Who: Neil Jacobs Nominated for: Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) You might know them from: Jacobs led the agency on an acting basis during part of the previous Trump administration. What does this role do: President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to be the…
Azerbaijan’s Leader, Emboldened, Picks a Rare Fight With Putin
Russia’s president is said to have blamed birds or a Ukrainian drone for a Dec. 25 crash of an Azerbaijani plane. Azerbaijan says Russian air defenses were at fault. By Anton Troianovski Reporting from Baku, Azerbaijan It was a tense conversation between two authoritarian leaders accustomed to getting their way. President Vladimir V. Putin of…