Category: Appointments and Executive Changes

Inside Elon Musk’s Plan for DOGE to Slash Government Costs

Mr. Musk has turned to Silicon Valley to help recruit executives who will take up unofficial positions across the federal government.
Scott Bessent, Trump’s Billionaire Treasury Pick, Will Shed Assets to Avoid Conflicts

Financial disclosure forms show hundreds of millions of assets including property in the Bahamas and investments in Bitcoin and China’s currency.
Houston Symphony Taps Former New York Philharmonic Leader Gary Ginstling as CEO

The veteran orchestra manager, who abruptly resigned from his post as the New York Philharmonic leader last year, said he was drawn to the dynamism of Houston.
Banks Are Racking Up Wins Even Before Trump Is Back in White House

Lobbying by banks helped torpedo a major proposal, and a top regulator announced this week that he would step down from a leadership role.
Trump Blurs Lines in $20 Billion Data Center Announcement and Other Deals

Even before the start of the new administration, there has been repeated blurring of lines between the federal government efforts and Trump family businesses.
Washington Post Lays Off 4 Percent of Its Work Force

The layoffs will affect employees across The Post’s business operations, not its newsroom.
Dana White, U.F.C. Head, Joins Meta’s Board

Mr. White, a close ally of President-elect Donald J. Trump, further strengthens the social media giant’s connections with the incoming administration.
Fed’s Vice Chair to Step Down From Role as Top Bank Supervisor

Michael Barr oversaw an attempt to rewrite financial regulations that came under attack from a wide range of groups, including banks, lawmakers and even some of his colleagues.
Meta Appoints Joel Kaplan to Lead Global Policy, Replacing Nick Clegg

Joel Kaplan, who was a former senior adviser to George W. Bush, replaces Nick Clegg, who was a former deputy prime minister of Britain, as Meta’s head of policy.
Silicon Valley Heads to Washington

President-elect Donald Trump is tapping the technology sector for key roles, and executives from the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz are featuring heavily.
Trump Appoints ‘The Apprentice’ Producer as Special Envoy to Britain

Mark Burnett and President-elect Donald J. Trump had a long and successful collaboration that made Mr. Trump a household name.
Jerome Powell and the Fed Head for Another Collision with Trump

Rates may not come down as much or as quickly as had been expected, just as Trump — a self-declared “low-rate guy” — returns to the White House.