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Trump appoints UN ambassador Elise Stefanik and border tsar Tom Homan

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1 months ago
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US President-elect Donald Trump has made two more key appointments ahead of his return to the White House in January.

Tom Homan, 62, will serve as Trump's "border tsar", having previously served as the returning president's acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice).

New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, 40, has also been made ambassador to the United Nations, according to statements given to the New York Post.

Meanwhile, Trump's Republican Party are edging closer to full control of the US Congress. They already have a majority in the Senate and need to win just a handful of seats to take the House of Representatives.

A party needs 218 seats to win a House majority. The Republicans have 215 compared to the rival Democrats' 210, according to the BBC's US partner, CBS News.

Control of the House gives a party the power to initiate spending legislation and launch impeachment proceedings against officials.

source: BBC [Click here to read full story]