Appointments and Executive Changes

• Dan Bongino to Step Down as FBI Deputy Director - The departure of Dan Bongino had seemed inevitable since August, when the White House hired Missouri’s attorney general, Andrew Bailey, to share his job as deputy director.
• California Hires Former C.D.C. Officials Who Criticized Trump Administration - A former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a former chief medical officer of the agency will advise the state on public health issues.
• Trump Gets to Pick a New Fed Chair but a Divided Board Still Gets a Say - President Trump wants substantially lower borrowing costs, but officials at the central bank appear ready to resist delivering further cuts if the economic backdrop does not warrant it.
• Planes, Trade and Nuclear Energy: Supreme Court Weighs Fate of Independent Regulators - The court heard arguments Monday on a case that could determine the independence of agencies like the National Transportation Safety Board and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
• Conservative Project at Supreme Court Meets Trump’s Push to Oust Officials - President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators from politics.
• Fed Pick Puts Pressure on Bessent to Deliver for Trump - Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is leading the search for the next Federal Reserve chair, could face President Trump’s wrath if the person chosen does not quickly lower interest rates.
• Olivia Nuzzi Isn’t Telling All - Olivia Nuzzi doesn’t seem to recognize that her collaboration with Robert Kennedy was a grave professional betrayal.
• Mamdani, a Sharp Critic of Police Surveillance, Will Soon Oversee It - Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor-elect, has criticized the N.Y.P.D.’s surveillance tactics. He reappointed the police commissioner who helped create a ubiquitous web of monitoring.