Trump Announces Interim Transportation Secretary Ahead of 2025 Inauguration

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 22:01:56 +0000

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to serve as interim head of space agency NASA, weeks after pulling the nomination of a tech billionaire who was an ally of SpaceX boss Elon Musk."I am pleased to announce that I am directing our GREAT Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, to be Interim Administrator of NASA," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, praising Duffy's work on modernizing the country's air traffic control system.