The US election Trump's team

Several bomb threats directed at Trump's nominations

Several nominees for Donald Trump's cabinet have received threats, the president-elect's transition team said in a statement. Among other things, they allegedly received bomb threats and were subjected to "swatting" - a method where an alleged crime is reported in order to get the police to a specific location.

Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the authorities are dealing with the threats.

- President Trump and the entire transition team are grateful for their quick action, she says according to CNN.

Trump's pick for UN ambassador, Elise Stefanik, says her residence in New York was bombed.

Trump appoints lockdown critic as head of agency

Donald Trump appoints the Stanford physician and economist Jay Bhattacharya as the new head of the state research institute NIH, The New York Times reports.

"Together, Jay and Robert Kennedy (new Secretary of Health) will restore the NIH to a gold standard for medical research as they investigate the causes and solutions to America's greatest health challenges," Trump writes on his Truth Social platform.

Bhattacharya wrote a lockdown-critical thesis during the corona pandemic, making him a central figure in the public health debate. He has also wanted to see an overhaul of the NIH and limited power for officials within the institute.