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'Spectacularly bizarre' Trump Cabinet shuffle spurs desperate pleas from GOP
Confirmation Without Power Is Just TheaterA Delayed Oath, a Useful LimboThe Hill reports that Jay Clayton was confirmed as Director of National Intelligence on Tuesday, yet the White House has not sworn him in. Bill Pulte, whom Trump said would be temporary, is still running the office. Senators from both parties say the delay is strange. That framing is too polite. What matters is not the mystique of a “baffling” decision. What matters is that the White House is withholding actual authority from a Senate-confirmed official while keeping an interim loyalist in place.Who Holds The PowerThe…
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