appointee

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That means the next governor will gain direct control or control through appointees over developing and spending the education budget — including state and federal grants — and developing education policies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

The probes have been going on since at least 2025 and were started by federal law-enforcement officials in California—not political appointees in Washington—after witnesses there came forward with information, the person said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

That group is led by appointees from both parties, Democrat and Republican, and has its own events.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

These cases have gone before a three-judge district court made up of Judges Anna Manasco and Terry Moorer, both Trump appointees, along with Judge Stanley Marcus, an appointee first of Ronald Reagan, then Bill Clinton.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

Civilian supervision was vested in an Atomic Energy Commission comprising five presidential appointees.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik