{"id":127566,"date":"2024-11-19T07:45:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T00:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127566"},"modified":"2024-11-19T07:45:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T00:45:57","slug":"trump-taps-foxs-sean-duffy-as-transportation-secretary-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127566","title":{"rendered":"Trump taps Fox&#8217;s Sean Duffy as Transportation Secretary : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-34794\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 5056;&#10;        --source-height: 2362;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5056x2362+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F67%2F18%2F0da5f4f04d8c87429bc793562c5d%2Fgettyimages-1052999718.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5056x2362+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F67%2F18%2F0da5f4f04d8c87429bc793562c5d%2Fgettyimages-1052999718.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5056x2362+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F67%2F18%2F0da5f4f04d8c87429bc793562c5d%2Fgettyimages-1052999718.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5056x2362+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F67%2F18%2F0da5f4f04d8c87429bc793562c5d%2Fgettyimages-1052999718.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5056x2362+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F67%2F18%2F0da5f4f04d8c87429bc793562c5d%2Fgettyimages-1052999718.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"President-Elect Donald Trump has chosen former Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy, seen here speaking at a rally in 2018, to be secretary of the Department of Transportation.\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5056x2362+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F67%2F18%2F0da5f4f04d8c87429bc793562c5d%2Fgettyimages-1052999718.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                President-Elect Donald Trump has chosen former Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy, seen here speaking at a rally in 2018, to be his Department of Transportation Secretary.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Andy Manis\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Andy Manis\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 President-elect Trump has chosen Sean Duffy, a Fox News contributor and former GOP Congressman, to head the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/\"><u>Department of Transportation<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5188388-100\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5191941\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/14\/nx-s1-5191941\/pete-hegseth-defense-department-dei\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset 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lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1975x1975+543+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/15\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6c%2F51%2F15ba5b074b43973a09b8e2558afa%2Fgettyimages-626419832.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1975x1975+543+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6c%2F51%2F15ba5b074b43973a09b8e2558afa%2Fgettyimages-626419832.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1975x1975+543+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6c%2F51%2F15ba5b074b43973a09b8e2558afa%2Fgettyimages-626419832.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1975x1975+543+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6c%2F51%2F15ba5b074b43973a09b8e2558afa%2Fgettyimages-626419832.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1975x1975+543+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6c%2F51%2F15ba5b074b43973a09b8e2558afa%2Fgettyimages-626419832.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"A 2016 file photo of Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth. Hegseth has served in the National Guard and is now a Fox News host. If confirmed, he would be the least experienced defense secretary in American history.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5188388-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>In announcing the pick, Trump praised Duffy as a &#8220;respected voice and communicator&#8221; in <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/113506410478048346\"><u>a post on Truth Social<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Duffy represented his native Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives for eight years. He&#8217;s worked as a contributor at Fox News since 2020, and hosted <em>The Bottom Line<\/em> on the Fox Business Network since 2023.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second time in as many weeks that President-elect Trump has chosen a Fox host to serve in his cabinet. He tapped Pete Hegseth of <em>Fox &amp; Friends<\/em> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/14\/nx-s1-5191941\/pete-hegseth-defense-department-dei\">lead the Department of Defense<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Duffy&#8217;s roots in the television business run deep. He appeared on MTV&#8217;s <em>The Real World<\/em> in 1997, and on another reality show called <em>Road Rules: All Stars<\/em>, where he met his future wife, Rachel Campos-Duffy, also a Fox host.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5188388-101\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImage476779229\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/05\/04\/476779229\/dot-announces-recall-of-up-to-40-million-more-takata-air-bag-inflators\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/sections\\\/thetwo-way\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/04\\\/476779229\\\/dot-announces-recall-of-up-to-40-million-more-takata-air-bag-inflators&quot;}\"><picture><source 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--><\/p>\n<p>In Congress, Duffy served on the House Financial Services Committee, where he was also chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight &amp; Investigations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Admired across the aisle, Sean worked with Democrats to clear extensive Legislative hurdles to build the largest road and bridge project in Minnesota History,&#8221; Trump wrote in his post.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-34343\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 4032;&#10;        --source-height: 3024;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F50%2Ff8%2F8b59b06c4c23be8f834ade2208b0%2Fimg-4355.JPG 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   <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                The DOT, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a sprawling department with an annual budget of more than $100 billion and over 57,000 employees that&#8217;s deeply involved in maintaining the nation&#8217;s aviation system, highways, railroads and ports.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Joel Rose\/NPR<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Joel Rose\/NPR<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If confirmed as Transportation Secretary, Duffy would lead a sprawling department with an annual budget of more than $100 billion and over 57,000 employees that&#8217;s deeply involved in maintaining the nation&#8217;s aviation system, highways, railroads and ports.<\/p>\n<p>Under the current secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/meet-secretary\/secretary-pete-buttigieg\"><u>Pete Buttigieg<\/u><\/a>, the department has handed out billions of dollars in funding from the bipartisan infrastructure law to build roads and bridges, dig tunnels, modernize airports and more.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg has also pursued an ambitious agenda aimed at protecting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/04\/24\/1246780916\/transportation-department-cracks-down-on-airline-junk-fees\"><u>consumer rights of air travelers<\/u><\/a>, despite some pushback from airlines. And he&#8217;s touted efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/07\/16\/nx-s1-4994312\/road-safety-federal-infrastructure-spending-safe-streets\"><u>make the nation&#8217;s roads safer<\/u><\/a> for pedestrians and other vulnerable users.<\/p>\n<p>The future of those initiatives is now in question.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5188388-102\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImage550533833\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/09\/12\/550533833\/department-of-transportation-rolls-out-new-guidelines-for-self-driving-cars\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/sections\\\/thetwo-way\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/12\\\/550533833\\\/department-of-transportation-rolls-out-new-guidelines-for-self-driving-cars&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2017\/09\/12\/gettyimages-846119506_sq-e06e314b6b3902a037523dd0606d67f2695f516b.jpg?s=100&amp;c=15&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2017\/09\/12\/gettyimages-846119506_sq-e06e314b6b3902a037523dd0606d67f2695f516b.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2017\/09\/12\/gettyimages-846119506_sq-e06e314b6b3902a037523dd0606d67f2695f516b.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2017\/09\/12\/gettyimages-846119506_sq-e06e314b6b3902a037523dd0606d67f2695f516b.jpg?s=100&amp;c=15&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2017\/09\/12\/gettyimages-846119506_sq-e06e314b6b3902a037523dd0606d67f2695f516b.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2017\/09\/12\/gettyimages-846119506_sq-e06e314b6b3902a037523dd0606d67f2695f516b.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2017\/09\/12\/gettyimages-846119506_sq-e06e314b6b3902a037523dd0606d67f2695f516b.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2017\/09\/12\/gettyimages-846119506_sq-e06e314b6b3902a037523dd0606d67f2695f516b.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Department Of Transportation Rolls Out New Guidelines For Self-Driving Cars\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5188388-102\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Transportation includes the Federal Aviation Administration, which is in charge of the nation&#8217;s airspace, as well as agencies that regulate the nation&#8217;s railroads, and set safety standards for passenger cars, trucks and commercial vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>There are several areas where the department&#8217;s broad mandate intersects with the business interests of Elon Musk, the world&#8217;s richest man, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/07\/nx-s1-5182280\/trump-2024-elon-musk-tesla-x\"><u>stands to benefit<\/u><\/a> from Trump&#8217;s victory after pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into his reelection campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Musk&#8217;s company SpaceX has sometimes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/08\/28\/g-s1-19934\/faa-spacex-falcon9-grounded-polaris-dawn\"><u>clashed with regulators<\/u><\/a> at the FAA over its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/10\/nx-s1-5145776\/spacex-texas-wetlands\"><u>launch practices<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Another DOT component, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/19\/g-s1-29030\/us-probe-tesla-full-self-driving-system\"><u>formally investigating<\/u><\/a> Tesla, Musk&#8217;s car company, over its &#8220;Full Self-Driving&#8221; system after the company reported four crashes in low-visibility conditions, including one that killed a pedestrian. 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