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Perdue is popular with farmer groups and establishment Republicans. If he is confirmed, he will be in charge of food aid to the poor and other programs that some members of Congress want to cut.

Perry, nominee for energy secretary, has significant experience with energy as the former governor of Texas, but has little in regards to the nuclear weapons he'd be responsible for protecting.

NBC says it is reviving the critically acclaimed sitcom for a 10-episode limited run during the 2017-2018 season. It was the first U.S. prime-time series to star an openly gay lead character.

During our Divided States follow-up, we hear from Trump supporter Linda Caudill, a retired Ohio businesswoman, and Bernie Sanders supporter Majerle Lister, a member of the Navajo Nation from Arizona.

Steve Inskeep talks to Peter Wehner of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Wehner says the president failed on his promise to end the politics of division, which paved the way for Trump's election.

Treasury secretary pick Steve Mnuchin is expected to face hard questions at his confirmation hearing. During the financial crisis, Mnuchin led a bank that foreclosed on thousands of homeowners.

Steven Mnuchin, who took over a bank that failed because of bad home loans, argued before the Senate Finance Committee that his actions saved thousands of jobs.

The Pentagon said the two ISIS training camps housed fighters who had escaped their former stronghold in Sirte, on Libya's central coast. It added that militants there were planning attacks in Europe.

A controversial idea falls by the wayside, for now, involving how schools can use federal money for low-income students.

Trump will be at the head of a nation with a relatively healthy economy and a health care system he has promised to overhaul, and he will be facing a slew of international tensions.