The roster
The Trump Administration: who holds which job
The President, the Cabinet, the White House staff and the agency chiefs, 63 people in all, each with a sourced file: biography, career, what they have done in the job, the disputes and their side of them, and what the polls say. Checked Nov. 13, 2026.
- 63officials on the roster
- 25out the door since Jan. 20, 2025
- 3running an agency as “acting”
- 664days into the term
Latest moves
- Stephen Miller takes over as White House Chief of Staff
- Susie Wiles out as White House Chief of Staff
- Calley Means out as senior adviser to the Health secretary
- Katie Zacharia out as White House Press Secretary (five days)
- Katie Bailey takes over as Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs
- Keith Sonderling takes over as Secretary of Labor
- Will Scharf takes over as White House Counsel
- David Warrington out as White House Counsel
- Karoline Leavitt out as White House Press Secretary
- Erica Schwartz takes over as CDC Director
The President and Vice President
Elected in November 2024, sworn in January 20, 2025.
The Cabinet
The heads of the 15 executive departments, in the order the departments were created. Each needed a Senate vote.
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Marco RubioSecretary of State and National Security Advisor
Since Jan. 21, 2025Net −5
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Scott BessentSecretary of the Treasury
Since Jan. 28, 2025Net −6
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Pete HegsethSecretary of Defense (styled Secretary of War)
Since Jan. 25, 2025Net −12
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Todd BlancheAttorney General
Since Aug. 10, 2026Net −16
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Doug BurgumSecretary of the Interior
Since Feb. 1, 2025Net −7
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Brooke RollinsSecretary of Agriculture
Since Feb. 13, 2025No public poll
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Howard LutnickSecretary of Commerce
Since Feb. 21, 2025Net −18
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Keith SonderlingSecretary of Labor
Since Oct. 2, 2026No public poll
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Secretary of Health and Human Services
Since Feb. 13, 2025Net −6
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Scott TurnerSecretary of Housing and Urban Development
Since Feb. 5, 2025No public poll
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Sean DuffySecretary of Transportation
Since Jan. 28, 2025Net −1
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Chris WrightSecretary of Energy
Since Feb. 3, 2025No public poll
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Linda McMahonSecretary of Education
Since March 3, 2025Net −13
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Doug CollinsSecretary of Veterans Affairs
Since Feb. 5, 2025No public poll
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Markwayne MullinSecretary of Homeland Security
Since March 24, 2026Net −13
Cabinet-level officials
Not department heads, but the President gives them a seat at the Cabinet table.
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Stephen MillerWhite House Chief of Staff
Since Nov. 9, 2026Net −18
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Lee ZeldinEPA Administrator
Since Jan. 29, 2025No public poll
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Russell VoughtDirector of the Office of Management and Budget
Since Feb. 7, 2025No public poll
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Jay ClaytonDirector of National Intelligence
Since Aug. 3, 2026No public poll
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John RatcliffeCIA Director
Since Jan. 23, 2025Net −7
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Jamieson GreerU.S. Trade Representative
Since Feb. 27, 2025No public poll
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Kelly LoefflerSBA Administrator
Since Feb. 20, 2025No public poll
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Mike WaltzU.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Since Sept. 21, 2025No public poll
Inside the White House
The President's own staff. Most of these jobs need no Senate vote.
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Dan ScavinoWhite House Deputy Chief of Staff and personnel director
Since Jan. 20, 2025No public poll
- Beau HarrisonDeputy Chief of Staff for Operations Since Jan. 20, 2025No public poll
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Will ScharfWhite House Counsel
Since Sept. 1, 2026No public poll
- Steven CheungWhite House Communications Director Since Jan. 20, 2025No public poll
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Tom HomanWhite House border czar
Since Jan. 20, 2025Net −9
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Steve WitkoffSpecial Envoy
Since May 6, 2025No public poll
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Kevin HassettDirector of the National Economic Council
Since Jan. 20, 2025Net −9
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Peter NavarroSenior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing
Since Jan. 20, 2025No public poll
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Vince HaleyDirector of the Domestic Policy Council
Since Jan. 20, 2025No public poll
- Katie BaileyDirector of the Office of Legislative Affairs Since Oct. 13, 2026No public poll
- Christopher PhelanChair of the Council of Economic Advisers Since Aug. 10, 2026No public poll
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Michael KratsiosDirector of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
Since March 25, 2025No public poll
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Massad BoulosSenior Adviser for Arab and African Affairs
Since Jan. 20, 2025No public poll
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Alice Marie JohnsonWhite House pardon czar
Since Feb. 20, 2025No public poll
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Walt NautaDirector of Oval Office Operations
Since Jan. 20, 2025No public poll
Justice, security and the military
The people who run federal law enforcement, the border agencies and the armed forces' top command.
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Kash PatelFBI Director
Since Feb. 21, 2025Net −26
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Christopher RaiaFBI Deputy Director
Since Jan. 12, 2026No public poll
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Trent McCotterActing Deputy Attorney General
ActingSince Aug. 10, 2026No public poll
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D. John SauerSolicitor General
Since April 4, 2025No public poll
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Jeanine PirroU.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Since May 2025No public poll
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Dan CaineChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Since April 14, 2025No public poll
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David VenturellaActing ICE Director
ActingSince June 1, 2026No public poll
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Rodney ScottCBP Commissioner
Since June 23, 2025No public poll
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Cameron HamiltonFEMA Administrator
Since Aug. 10, 2026No public poll
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Sean CurranSecret Service Director
Since Jan. 22, 2025No public poll
Health agencies
Medicare and Medicaid, drug approval, medical research and disease control.
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Mehmet OzMedicare and Medicaid Administrator
Since April 8, 2025No public poll
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Kyle DiamantasActing FDA Commissioner
ActingSince May 12, 2026No public poll
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Jay BhattacharyaNIH Director
Since April 1, 2025No public poll
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Erica SchwartzCDC Director
Since Aug. 13, 2026No public poll
- Nicole SaphierSurgeon General nominee NomineeSince April 30, 2026No public poll
Money, markets and the airwaves
Social Security, the Federal Reserve and the regulators.
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Kevin WarshChair of the Federal Reserve
Since May 22, 2026Net −7
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Frank BisignanoSocial Security Commissioner and IRS chief executive
Since May 7, 2025No public poll
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Paul AtkinsSEC Chairman
Since April 21, 2025No public poll
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Andrew FergusonFTC Chairman
Since Jan. 20, 2025No public poll
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Brendan CarrFCC Chairman
Since Jan. 20, 2025No public poll
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Bill PulteFederal Housing Finance Agency Director
Since March 14, 2025No public poll
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Scott KuporOPM Director
Since July 14, 2025No public poll
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Jared IsaacmanNASA Administrator
Since Dec. 18, 2025No public poll
Across Pennsylvania Avenue: the leaders of Congress
Not part of the administration. The people who run the House and the Senate, on file because every fight above runs through them.
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Mike JohnsonSpeaker of the House
Since Oct. 25, 2023Net −12.3
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Hakeem JeffriesHouse Minority Leader
Since Jan. 3, 2023Net −18.5
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Steve ScaliseHouse Majority Leader
Since Jan. 3, 2023No public poll
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Katherine ClarkHouse Minority Whip
Since Jan. 3, 2023No public poll
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Tom EmmerHouse Majority Whip
Since Jan. 3, 2023No public poll
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John ThuneSenate Majority Leader
Since Jan. 3, 2025Net −20
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Chuck SchumerSenate Minority Leader
Since Jan. 3, 2025Net −29.4
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John BarrassoSenate Majority Whip
Since Jan. 3, 2025No public poll
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Dick DurbinSenate Minority Whip
Since Jan. 3, 2025No public poll
The approval board
Everyone on the roster a national poll has asked about, ranked by net rating: the share with a good opinion minus the share with a bad one. Green is favorable or approve, dark is unfavorable or disapprove, the gap between is no opinion.
| # | Official | Good / no opinion / bad, % | Net | Polls |
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| 1 | Sean DuffySecretary of Transportation | −1 | 1 polllast Sept. 15, 2025 | |
| 2 | Marco RubioSecretary of State and National Security Advisor | −5 | 2 pollsNov. 11, 2026 | |
| 3 | Scott BessentSecretary of the Treasury | −6 | 2 pollslast April 6, 2026 | |
| 4 | Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Secretary of Health and Human Services | −6 | 2 pollsOct. 26, 2026 | |
| 5 | Susie WilesFormer White House Chief of Staff | −6 | 1 polllast June 15, 2026 | |
| 6 | Doug BurgumSecretary of the Interior | −7 | 1 polllast Sept. 15, 2025 | |
| 7 | John RatcliffeCIA Director | −7 | 1 polllast Sept. 15, 2025 | |
| 8 | Kevin WarshChair of the Federal Reserve | −7 | 1 polllast June 15, 2026 | |
| 9 | Karoline LeavittFormer White House Press Secretary | −8 | 1 pollAug. 17, 2026 | |
| 10 | Tulsi GabbardFormer Director of National Intelligence | −8 | 1 polllast June 1, 2026 | |
| 11 | Tom HomanWhite House border czar | −9 | 1 polllast Feb. 2, 2026 | |
| 12 | Kevin HassettDirector of the National Economic Council | −9 | 1 polllast Jan. 19, 2026 | |
| 13 | Elon MuskFormer head of the DOGE cost-cutting effort | −11.5 | 2 pollsNov. 6, 2026 | |
| 14 | Pete HegsethSecretary of Defense (styled Secretary of War) | −12 | 1 pollOct. 26, 2026 | |
| 15 | Mike JohnsonSpeaker of the House | −12.3 | 3 pollsNov. 6, 2026 | |
| 16 | JD VanceVice President | −12.5 | 2 pollsNov. 11, 2026 | |
| 17 | Linda McMahonSecretary of Education | −13 | 1 polllast Sept. 15, 2025 | |
| 18 | Markwayne MullinSecretary of Homeland Security | −13 | 1 pollJuly 20, 2026 | |
| 19 | Todd BlancheAttorney General | −16 | 1 pollAug. 17, 2026 | |
| 20 | Howard LutnickSecretary of Commerce | −18 | 1 polllast April 6, 2026 | |
| 21 | Stephen MillerWhite House Chief of Staff | −18 | 1 polllast April 6, 2026 | |
| 22 | Hakeem JeffriesHouse Minority Leader | −18.5 | 2 pollsNov. 6, 2026 | |
| 23 | Kristi NoemFormer Secretary of Homeland Security | −18.7 | 3 pollslast April 26, 2026 | |
| 24 | Pam BondiFormer Attorney General | −19.5 | 2 pollslast April 6, 2026 | |
| 25 | John ThuneSenate Majority Leader | −20 | 2 pollsNov. 6, 2026 | |
| 26 | Donald TrumpPresident | −26 | 3 pollsNov. 11, 2026 | |
| 27 | Kash PatelFBI Director | −26 | 1 polllast May 18, 2026 | |
| 28 | Chuck SchumerSenate Minority Leader | −29.4 | 3 pollsNov. 6, 2026 |
How we rate
The rating is arithmetic on real public polls, nothing more. For each person we take the most recent national poll from each polling firm in the last five months that asked the same kind of question, either a favorable/unfavorable opinion or approval of the job they are doing, and average them. Polls paid for by a party-aligned group are listed on the person's page and left out of the average unless nothing else exists. Each person's page links every poll to the pollster's own release.
Most officials below Cabinet rank have never been polled. For them we say so and give no number. A low “net” for a little-known official often reflects how few people have heard of them, so read it beside the no-opinion gap.
Out the door
Senior officials of this term who were fired, resigned or were moved, newest first. Each name opens the full file. The turnover tracker counts them month by month.
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Susie WilesWhite House Chief of Staff
Jan. 20, 2025 – Nov. 6, 202622 months
Trump announced on November 6, 2026, three days after Republicans lost Congress in the midterms, that she was moving to his political operation; ABC News reported, citing sources, that she submitted her resignation the night before after it became clear he… Next: Stephen Miller (since Nov. 9, 2026)
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Calley Meanssenior adviser to the Health secretary
2025 – Oct. 22, 2026
He announced his resignation on X on October 22, 2026 without giving a reason; the Wall Street Journal and Politico reported he was frustrated by delays in the administration's food-policy plans, including a postponed meeting on defining ultraprocessed foods.
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Katie ZachariaWhite House Press Secretary (five days)
Oct. 12, 2026 – Oct. 16, 20264 days
Administration officials said on October 16, 2026 that she was moving out of the job after a first briefing that drew criticism and after questions about her having described herself as a lawyer without passing a bar exam.
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David WarringtonWhite House Counsel
Jan. 20, 2025 – Sept. 1, 202619 months
Trump announced in August 2026 that Warrington was leaving the administration to join the private sector; no further reason was given.
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Karoline LeavittWhite House Press Secretary
Jan. 20, 2025 – Aug. 27, 202619 months
She announced on August 12, 2026 that she was leaving at the end of the month to spend more time with her two young children.
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Amy Gleasonacting head of DOGE
Feb. 2025 – July 4, 2026
The temporary DOGE organization reached the end date set in the president's January 2025 executive order and shut down on July 4, 2026.
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Tulsi GabbardDirector of National Intelligence
Feb. 12, 2025 – June 19, 202616 months
She announced her resignation on May 22, 2026, saying she needed to care for her husband after his cancer diagnosis; her exit, first set for June 30, was moved up to June 19 after a conversation with Trump. Next: Bill Pulte (acting, named June 2, 2026), then Jay Clayton (since Aug. 3, 2026)
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Jerome PowellChair of the Federal Reserve (still a Fed governor)
Feb. 5, 2018 – May 22, 20268.3 years
His second four-year term as chair expired in May 2026 and the president chose Kevin Warsh to succeed him; Powell served as acting chair until Warsh was sworn in on May 22, 2026.
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Marty MakaryFDA Commissioner
April 1, 2025 – May 12, 202613 months
He resigned on May 12, 2026, after reports that the president had approved a plan to remove him and after a dispute over the authorization of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes.
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James BlairDeputy Chief of Staff (on leave since spring 2026)
Jan. 20, 2025 – May 2026
Trump announced in April 2026 that Blair would take a leave of absence to run the president's political operation for the midterm elections, with a promise that he would return afterward.
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Lori Chavez-DeRemerSecretary of Labor
March 11, 2025 – April 20, 202613 months
She resigned on April 20, 2026 while the department's inspector general was investigating misconduct complaints against her; the White House said she was leaving for a private-sector job. Next: Keith Sonderling (acting from April 20, 2026; Secretary since Oct. 2, 2026)
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Pam BondiAttorney General
Feb. 5, 2025 – April 2, 202614 months
President Trump fired her on April 2, 2026, announcing it on Truth Social; CBS News and others reported he was unhappy with her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and with the slow pace of prosecutions of people he sees as political opponents. Next: Todd Blanche (acting from April 2, 2026; Attorney General since Aug. 10, 2026)
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David SacksWhite House AI and crypto czar
Jan. 20, 2025 – March 26, 202614 months
He said he had used up the 130 working days a year that the law allows a special government employee.
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Kristi NoemSecretary of Homeland Security
Jan. 25, 2025 – March 24, 202614 months
Trump announced on March 5, 2026 that Senator Markwayne Mullin would replace her and that she would become a special envoy; the move followed two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by immigration agents in Minneapolis and questions in Congress about a $220… Next: Markwayne Mullin (since March 24, 2026)
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Joe KentDirector of the National Counterterrorism Center
July 31, 2025 – March 17, 20268 months
He resigned on March 17, 2026, writing that he could not in good conscience support the war against Iran, that Iran had posed no imminent threat and that the U.S. went to war under pressure from Israel and its American lobby. Next: Joe Weirsky (acting), according to Wikipedia
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Corey Lewandowskitop adviser to the Homeland Security secretary
2025 – March 2026
He left the department in March 2026 when Trump removed Kristi Noem as secretary; CBS News and ABC News describe both as having been ousted.
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Gregory BovinoBorder Patrol commander-at-large
Oct. 2025 – Jan. 26, 2026
He was relieved of his national role in late January 2026 and sent back to his sector post in California after immigration agents killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis; he retired from the Border Patrol at the end of March 2026.
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Dan BonginoFBI Deputy Director
March 17, 2025 – Jan. 3, 202610 months
He announced on December 17, 2025 that he would step down in January; President Trump said Bongino wanted to return to his show, and CNN reported he had often clashed with Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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Taylor BudowichDeputy Chief of Staff for Communications
Jan. 20, 2025 – Sept. 26, 20258 months
He left the administration at the end of September 2025; Wikipedia, citing Axios, says he resigned to work in the private sector.
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Susan MonarezCDC Director
July 31, 2025 – Aug. 27, 202527 days
The White House fired her on August 27, 2025, less than a month after she was sworn in; she told the Senate she was removed for refusing to approve vaccine recommendations in advance and to fire career scientists, while Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr… Next: A series of acting directors, then Dr. Erica Schwartz (confirmed 51-44 on Aug. 5, 2026)
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Billy LongIRS Commissioner
June 16, 2025 – Aug. 8, 202553 days
Trump removed him on August 8, 2025, less than two months after his confirmation; a White House official confirmed it and no reason was given, and Long said he was being named ambassador to Iceland. Next: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (acting commissioner from Aug. 8, 2025)
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Erika McEntarferCommissioner of Labor Statistics
Jan. 29, 2024 – Aug. 1, 202518 months
Trump ordered her fired on August 1, 2025, hours after a jobs report showed 73,000 jobs added in July and cut the May and June figures by 258,000; he called the revision a major mistake without offering evidence that the data were wrong. Next: William Wiatrowski (acting), then Brett Matsumoto (since Aug. 11, 2026)
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Elon Muskhead of the DOGE cost-cutting effort
Jan. 20, 2025 – May 30, 20254 months
His term as a special government employee, limited to 130 days, ran out on May 30, 2025; he said he was returning to his companies, and days earlier he had publicly criticized Trump's tax and spending bill.
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Timothy HaughNSA Director
Feb. 2, 2024 – April 3, 202514 months
He was fired on April 3, 2025 along with his civilian deputy, Wendy Noble; the Pentagon gave no reason, and CBS News and Reuters reported it followed an Oval Office meeting in which activist Laura Loomer urged Trump to remove officials she considered disloyal. Next: Lt. Gen. William Hartman (acting), then Gen. Joshua Rudd (confirmed 71-29 on March 10, 2026)
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Charles Q. Brown Jr.Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Oct. 1, 2023 – Feb. 21, 202517 months
Trump fired him on February 21, 2025 in a Friday-night social media post that gave no reason; the AP described the move as part of an effort to remove military leaders who supported diversity programs. Next: Gen. Dan Caine (confirmed 60-25 on April 11, 2025)
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