President Donald Trump’s lack of urgency in filling hundreds of vacant government positions is rattling his own party, as Republicans worry the inaction could cost them control of the Senate beyond the midterms.
More than two dozen federal court seats remain vacant, along with the top jobs at the Labor Department and the Food and Drug Administration, among scores of other unfilled positions.
An anonymous senior White House official told Politico that Trump is in no rush, though. “Ultimately, we need to have the right people in those positions,” the official said. “So if it’s acting for now, so be it. If it takes a little while to find that perfect person, then it takes a little while.”
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