On the CAFE Insider docket: 

– How Trump’s return to the White House will likely mark the end of his criminal prosecutions, with the federal election interference case and sentencing in Manhattan already facing new delays; 

– Trump’s ongoing nominations of cabinet members and other high-profile positions, and his request that candidates vying to replace Republican leader Mitch McConnell permit Trump nominees to take office without confirmation votes using the recess appointments power; 

– The expected reinstatement of Trump’s “Schedule F” executive order, which would reclassify many federal staff members as at-will employees; and

– The charges filed by the Department of Justice against an Iranian man for allegedly plotting to assassinate Trump.

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