Trump Names Peter Navarro Senior Trade Adviser; French Government Ousted in No-Confidence Vote

President-elect Donald Trump has named former aide Peter Navarro as senior counselor for trade and manufacturing. Navarro was released from prison in July after serving four months for not complying with a congressional subpoena related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. NTD speaks with Peter Earle, a senior economist at the American Institute for Economic Research, to assess this as well as Trump’s selections for the Treasury and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

France’s government has collapsed after a historic no-confidence vote in Parliament. The vote ousted Prime Minister Michel Barnier from his position. His budget plan faced strong opposition from both the left and the right. President Emmanuel Macron must appoint a new prime minister amid divisions. Political and economic uncertainty now looms over the eurozone’s second-largest economy.

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, died in a shooting on Wednesday morning as he walked to the company’s annual investor conference at a Hilton in Midtown Manhattan. Investigators are searching for clues that could help them identify the masked gunman who stalked and killed Thompson.

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