杰伊·巴塔查里亚博士（Dr. Jay Bhattacharya），一位著名的新冠疫情反对者，将同时领导美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）和疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）
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特朗普政府多次为内阁成员和其他官员分配额外职务，其一名顶级卫生官员是最新开始为总统兼任双重职务的人。
周三，美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）院长杰伊·巴塔查里亚成为特朗普政府中最新被任命兼任其他职务的官员。这位NIH负责人、坚定的新冠疫情反对者将在新的永久主任由总统唐纳德·特朗普任命并经参议院确认之前，临时执掌美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC），同时继续领导NIH。
巴塔查里亚前往CDC之前，吉姆·奥尼尔（Jim O’Neill）离职，奥尼尔同时还是卫生与公众服务部副部长，当时正值特朗普政府公共卫生机构的大规模重组。据报道，奥尼尔现在有望领导美国国家科学基金会（NSF）。
福克斯新闻数字版回顾了特朗普政府中，在总统进入其第二任期第二年进行调整时，多位内阁成员和官员身兼数职的情况。
特朗普在密歇根集会上称其“总统任期历史上最成功的前100天”
国务卿马尔科·卢比奥、退伍军人事务部（VA）部长道格·柯林斯、总统唐纳德·特朗普和联邦调查局（FBI）局长卡什·帕特尔。（盖蒂图片社）
杰伊·巴塔查里亚博士
作为一名医生、前斯坦福大学医学教授以及该校经济政策研究所的高级研究员，巴塔查里亚在新冠疫情期间曾是反对封锁措施和疫苗强制令的主要声音之一。
他是2020年10月由一群科学家发表的《大布灵顿宣言》（Great Barrington Declaration）的合著者之一。该文件倡导反对大规模新冠封锁，并主张低风险人群通过自然免疫而非接种疫苗获得免疫力。
在巴塔查里亚的任期内，他被迫为某些与学术研究和人员配备相关的资金削减进行辩护。他在确认听证会后表示，其核心目标之一是开创“黄金标准科学”的新时代。
“我认为从根本上说，重要的是科学家是否有推动其所在科学领域发展的想法？”巴塔查里亚在3月的确认听证会上说，“他们是否有能够满足美国人健康需求的想法？”
杰伊·巴塔查里亚博士将同时领导美国国立卫生研究院和疾病控制与预防中心。（盖蒂图片社）
马尔科·卢比奥
卢比奥和特朗普政府因国务卿同时担任第二任期内多达四个高调职务而受到民主党人的抨击。截至目前，他仍担任其中两个职务。
特朗普就职后几小时，他首次被确认担任国务卿，这一职务他至今仍在担任。
大约一个月后，在美国国际开发署（USAID）大规模重组之际，卢比奥被任命为主任，并担任该职务直至数月后移交他人。
与此同时，卢比奥被任命为美国国家档案馆（NARA）代理馆长，他于本月早些时候停止担任该职务。
卢比奥目前仍担任临时国家安全顾问，自5月迈克尔·沃尔茨（Michael Waltz）离职后，他一直担任该职务。
“他不可能同时做好这些工作，尤其是五角大楼有皮特有能力（Pete Hegseth）担任国防部长，高层领导被掏空，这种情况下更不可能。”伊利诺伊州民主党参议员塔米·达克沃斯（Tammy Duckworth）评价卢比奥的多重职务时表示，“他不可能独自承担所有这些重任。”
“我不知道有人怎么能胜任这两项重要工作，”弗吉尼亚州民主党参议员马克·华纳（Mark Warner）补充道。
国务卿马尔科·卢比奥在政府中身兼四个职务。（Evan Vucci/美联社）
当被问及5月特朗普官员身兼数职这一趋势时，白宫在对福克斯新闻数字版的评论中提及了前总统乔·拜登“灾难性的内阁”。
“民主党人在乔·拜登灾难性的内阁领导下，发起了拙劣的阿富汗撤军行动，向南部边境开放移民罪犯，将司法系统武器化以对抗政治对手等等，民主党人对此欢呼雀跃。”白宫发言人安娜·凯利（Anna Kelly）在5月对福克斯新闻数字版表示，“特朗普总统的政府中任用了许多他信任的、有资质且有才能的人，让他们承担多项责任。”
特朗普政府多次驳斥了对卢比奥身兼数职的担忧，最值得注意的是他同时担任国务院领导职务和代理国家安全顾问。同样，前总统理查德·尼克松在1973年任命国家安全顾问亨利·基辛格同时担任国务卿。
“你需要一个非常诚实、能与总统和高级团队合作的团队成员，而不是一个试图建立帝国或挥舞刀子、推行自己议程的人。”一名政府官员告诉《政治报》，“他唯一专注的是推动总统的议程。”
尽管民主党人指责卢比奥承担了过多职务，但这位前佛罗里达州参议员在6月协助监督了美国对伊朗的成功打击，摧毁了三个核设施，并严重打击了该国推进核计划的努力。
卡什·帕特尔
联邦调查局（FBI）局长卡什·帕特尔在确认听证会前猛烈抨击“深层国家”（deep state），并誓言要清除联邦执法机构的腐败，2025年1月拜登政府时期的FBI局长辞职后，他在2月短暂负责监督酒精、烟草、火器和爆炸物管理局（ATF）。
卡什·帕特尔曾短暂担任ATF代理主任和FBI局长。（Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images）
4月，帕特尔被陆军部长丹尼尔·德里斯科尔（Daniel Driscoll）取代，后者成为ATF代理主任，这一职务变动已被公开报道。
陆军部长丹尼尔·德里斯科尔将领导ATF，接替FBI局长卡什·帕特尔
“帕特尔局长在等待参议院确认期间短暂担任ATF主任，这是联邦政府中常见的短期安排。数十个类似的重新任命在整个联邦政府中都有发生。”白宫在4月对路透社表示，“帕特尔局长现在在FBI表现出色，取得了出色的成绩。”
肖恩·达菲（Sean Duffy）
前威斯康星州共和党国会议员达菲被任命监督交通部，并于1月28日经参议院确认。达菲被迫处理一系列与悲惨飞机坠毁相关的危机，包括2025年波托马克河空中碰撞事件和去年困扰新泽西州自由国际机场的空中交通管制问题。
7月，特朗普总统宣布达菲还将担任NASA临时主管。他一直担任该职务至12月中旬，当时商业宇航员贾里德·伊萨克曼（Jared Isaacman）接任。
特朗普任命交通部长肖恩·达菲临时领导NASA。（Samuel Corum/Getty Images）
在2025年1月特朗普就职前，总统宣布将提名伊萨克曼，但5月在参议院全体确认前撤回了提名。特朗普表示，这一决定是在审查了伊萨克曼的“先前关联”后做出的，理由是他向民主党捐款。
然而，伊萨克曼当时暗示，他的提名被撤销可能是由于他与埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）的关系，当时马斯克正在管理政府效率部（DOGE）。
达菲取代了自特朗普就职以来担任代理NASA局长的珍妮特·佩特罗（Janet Petro）。
丹尼尔·德里斯科尔（Daniel Driscoll）
德里斯科尔于2月宣誓就任第26任陆军部长。陆军部长是负责监督陆军管理的高级文职官员，还就陆军相关事务为国防部长提供顾问。
4月有报道称，德里斯科尔被任命为ATF代理主任，接替帕特尔担任该职务。
新任陆军部长称赞特朗普和赫格塞斯创造“变革的空间”，重点削减浪费
丹尼尔·德里斯科尔是第26任美国陆军部长。（Manuel Balce Ceneta/美联社）
“德里斯科尔先生负责监督该机构保护社区免受暴力犯罪、犯罪组织以及非法枪支、爆炸物和违禁品贩运侵害的使命。”他在ATF的传记中写道，“在他的领导下，ATF致力于执行联邦法律，确保公共安全，并为调查与枪支相关的犯罪以及国内外犯罪企业提供关键支持。”
在特朗普上任前，密苏里州共和党众议员埃里克·伯尔利森（Eric Burlison）和科罗拉多州众议员劳伦·博伯特（Lauren Boebert）提出立法废除ATF，称该机构一直试图剥夺美国公民的第二修正案权利。
在特朗普政府期间，ATF被指派协助国土安全部执行驱逐行动。
截至2026年2月，德里斯科尔仍被列为该机构的代理主任。
道格·柯林斯（Doug Collins）
前佐治亚州共和党众议员道格·柯林斯于2月宣誓就任特朗普政府退伍军人事务部长，这是一个负责监督该部门并为退伍军人提供医疗、教育和经济福利的内阁级职位。
在被确认担任退伍军人事务部长几天后，特朗普任命柯林斯临时领导两个监督机构：政府道德办公室和特别顾问办公室。
前佐治亚州共和党众议员道格·柯林斯于2月宣誓就任特朗普政府退伍军人事务部长。（Samuel Corum/Getty Images）
退伍军人事务部长指责记者散布关于DOGE的“谣言”，损害退伍军人权益，引发紧张对峙
政府道德办公室负责监督行政部门的道德计划，包括制定政府道德标准，并监督联邦机构和部门的道德合规情况。
特别顾问办公室负责监督和保护联邦政府的功绩制度，最值得注意的是确保联邦吹哨人在揭露其经历的问题时不会受到报复。该办公室还建立了一个安全渠道，允许联邦雇员举报涉嫌不当行为。
特别顾问办公室还执行《哈奇法案》（Hatch Act），该法案禁止行政部门工作人员（总统和副总统除外）从事某些政治活动。
杰米森·格里尔（Jamieson Greer）
特朗普的贸易代表杰米森·格里尔（Jamieson Greer）除了帮助领导政府的关税谈判以平衡美国长期存在的贸易逆差外，还被任命在政府内担任多个职务。
4月1日，格里尔接替柯林斯担任政府道德办公室代理主任和特别顾问办公室代理特别顾问。
杰米森·格里尔担任特朗普总统的贸易代表，同时还担任其他临时职务。（Rod Lamkey, Jr./美联社）
特朗普在5月提名保守派律师保罗·英格拉西亚（Paul Ingrassia）领导特别顾问办公室，但由于对其言论的担忧以及当时这位年轻保守派面临的其他指控，他随后撤回了提名。
罗素·沃特（Russell Vought）
特朗普任命其第一任期内的管理和预算办公室主任罗素·沃特（Russell Vought）为第二任期内的同一职务。沃特于2月被确认担任联邦政府预算负责人。
几天后，沃特还被任命为消费者金融保护局（CFPB）代理主任，目前他仍担任该职务。
罗素·沃特被任命为CFPB代理主任，指示该局不发布新规则，停止新调查
罗素·沃特担任管理和预算办公室主任。（Jacquelyn Martin/美联社）
CFPB是一个独立的政府机构，负责保护消费者免受私营部门不公平金融行为的侵害。该机构于2010年奥巴马政府时期，在2008年金融危机后成立。民主党马萨诸塞州参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦（Elizabeth Warren）最初提议并倡导成立该机构。
2月，CFPB受到政府效率部的猛烈调查，该机构大规模裁员，随后裁员计划在法庭上受阻。
理查德·格雷内尔（Ric Grenell）
肯尼迪中心总裁理查德·格雷内尔还担任美国特别总统特使，负责处理特殊使命。（Leon Neal/Getty Images）
特朗普总统第一任期内的前德国大使和临时国家情报局局长（这两个职务在第一任期内分阶段担任），目前担任肯尼迪中心总裁和美国特别总统特使。
格雷内尔制定“常识性”计划扭转肯尼迪中心财务状况
约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心是美国的国家文化中心。值得注意的是，特朗普担任该中心主席，格雷内尔表示，在特朗普的第二个任期内，该中心将通过制作和音乐会看到“艺术的黄金时代”，这些制作和音乐会是美国人真正想要看到的，而此前该表演艺术中心一直处于赤字状态。
特朗普在2024年12月就职前任命格雷内尔为美国特别总统特使，负责特殊使命，称格雷内尔将“在世界上一些最热门的地区工作，包括委内瑞拉和朝鲜”。
在这一职务中，格雷内尔帮助领导政府应对拜登政府最后几天至特朗普政府初期席卷南加州的野火。
福克斯新闻数字版的贾斯敏·拜尔（Jasmine Baehr）对此报道有贡献。
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Trump’s NIH director isn’t the only official wearing multiple hats during the president’s second term
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a prominent COVID contrarian, will lead both the NIH and CDC
By Emma Colton, Alec Schemmel
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Published February 19, 2026 7:45pm EST | Updated February 19, 2026 7:48pm EST
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The Trump administration has repeatedly assigned additional job roles to Cabinet members and other officials, and one of his top health officials is the latest to begin pulling double duty for the president.
On Wednesday, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya became the latest Trump official assigned an additional role. The NIH chief and staunch COVID contrarian will temporarily run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) until a new permanent director is appointed by President Donald Trump and subsequently confirmed by the Senate, while continuing to lead the NIH.
Bhattacharya’s move to the CDC followed the departure of Jim O’Neill, who was also deputy secretary of the Health and Human Services Department amid a broader restructuring of the Trump administration’s public health agencies. O’Neill is now reportedly expected to lead the National Science Foundation.
Fox News Digital looked back on the various Trump Cabinet members and officials wearing multiple hats as the president adjusts during the second year of his second term.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of the VA Doug Collins, President Donald Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel.(Getty Images)
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
A physician, former Stanford professor of medicine and senior fellow at the university’s Institute for Economic Policy Research, Bhattacharya was a leading voice during the COVID-19 pandemic against lockdown measures and vaccine mandates.
He was one of the co-authors of the Great Barrington Declaration, a document published in October 2020 by a group of scientists advocating against widespread COVID lockdowns and promoting the efficacy of natural immunity for low-risk individuals as opposed to vaccination.
During Bhattacharya’s tenure, he has been forced to defend certain funding cuts tied to academic research and staffing. One of the core components Bhattacharya indicated that he wanted to pursue after his confirmation was to usher in a new age of “gold standard science.”
“I think fundamentally what matters is do scientists have an idea that advances the scientific field they’re in?” Bhattacharya said during his March confirmation testimony. “Do they have an idea that ends up addressing the health needs of Americans?”
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya will lead both the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.(Getty Images)
Marco Rubio
Rubio and the Trump administration came under fire from Democrats for the secretary of state holding as many as four high-profile roles during the second Trump administration. As of today, he remains in two of those roles.
He was first confirmed as secretary of state hours after Trump was inaugurated, a role Rubio remains in today.
About a month later, amid a massive reorganization at the U.S. Administration for International Development (USAID), Rubio was named director and held that role until handing it off a few months later.
Around the same time, Rubio was tapped to be the acting archivist of the United States (NARA), a role he stopped serving in earlier this month.
Rubio does still serve as the interim national security advisor, a role he has held since May after the departure of Michael Waltz.
“There’s no way he can do that and do it well, especially since there’s such incompetence over at DOD with Pete Hegseth being secretary of defense and just the hollowing out of the top leadership,” Illinois Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth said of Rubio’s multiple jobs. “There’s no way he can carry all that entire load on his own.”
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“I don’t know how anybody could do these two big jobs,” Democratic Virginia Sen. Mark Warner added.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio serves in four different roles with the administration.(Evan Vucci/Associated Press)
When asked about the trend of Trump officials wearing multiple work hats in May, the White House reflected in a comment to Fox News Digital on former President Joe Biden’s “disaster of a Cabinet.”
“Democrats cheered on Joe Biden’s disaster of a Cabinet as it launched the botched Afghanistan withdrawal, opened the southern border to migrant criminals, weaponized the justice system against political opponents and more,” White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told Fox News Digital in May.
“President Trump has filled his administration with many qualified, talented individuals he trusts to manage many responsibilities.”
The Trump administration has repeatedly brushed off concerns over Rubio holding multiple roles, most notably juggling both his State Department leadership and serving as acting national security advisor. Similarly, former President Richard Nixon in 1973 named National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger to simultaneously serve as Secretary of State.
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“You need a team player who is very honest with the president and the senior team, not someone trying to build an empire or wield a knife or drive their own agenda,” an administration official told Politico. “He is singularly focused on delivering the president’s agenda.”
Despite Democratic rhetoric that Rubio was taking on too many roles, the former Florida senator helped oversee successful U.S. strikes on Iran in June, which destroyed a trio of nuclear sites and decimated the country’s efforts to advance its nuclear program.
Kash Patel
FBI Director Kash Patel, who railed against the “deep state” and vowed to strip corruption from the federal law enforcement agency ahead of his confirmation, was briefly charged with overseeing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in February after the Biden-era director resigned in January 2025.
Kash Patel briefly served as acting director of the ATF and FBI director.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Patel was later replaced by Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll as acting ATF director in a job change that was reported publicly in April.
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“Director Kash Patel was briefly designated ATF director while awaiting Senate confirmations, a standard, short-term move. Dozens of similar redesignations have occurred across the federal government,” the White House told Reuters in April. “Director Patel is now excelling in his role at the FBI and delivering outstanding results.”
Sean Duffy
Duffy, a former Republican congressman from Wisconsin, was tapped to oversee the Department of Transportation and was confirmed by the Senate Jan. 28. Duffy has been forced to juggle a handful of crises related to tragic plane crashes, including the 2025 Potomac River midair collision and air traffic control issues that plagued New Jersey’s Liberty International Airport last year.
In July, President Trump announced Duffy would also serve as interim chief of NASA. Duffy remained in that position until mid-December, when commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman took over.
Trump tapped Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to temporarily lead NASA.(Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Prior to Trump’s inauguration in January 2025, the president announced he would be nominating Isaacman but withdrew his nomination in May before the full Senate confirmed him. Trump said the decision followed a review of Isaacman’s “prior associations,” pointing to money he has given to Democrats.
However, Isaacman suggested at the time that the rescission of his nomination may have been due to his connections to Elon Musk, who was running the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at the time.
Duffy replaced Janet Petro, who had served as acting NASA administrator since Trump’s inauguration.
Daniel Driscoll
Driscoll was sworn in as the 26th secretary of the Army in February. The secretary of the army is a senior-level civilian official charged with overseeing the management of the Army and also acts as an advisor to the secretary of defense in matters related to the Army.
It was reported in April that Driscoll was named acting ATF director, replacing Patel in that role.
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Daniel Driscoll is the 26th secretary of the U.S. Army.(Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press)
“Mr. Driscoll is responsible for the oversight of the agency’s mission to protect communities from violent criminals, criminal organizations, and the illegal trafficking of firearms, explosives, and contraband,” his ATF biography states. “Under his leadership, the ATF works to enforce federal laws, ensure public safety, and provide critical support in the investigation of firearms-related crimes and domestic and international criminal enterprises,”
Ahead of Trump taking office, Republican representatives Eric Burlison of Missouri and Lauren Boebert of Colorado introduced legislation to abolish the ATF, saying the agency has worked to strip Second Amendment rights from U.S. citizens.
The ATF has been tasked with assisting the Department of Homeland Security in its deportation efforts under the Trump administration.
Driscoll remains listed as the agency’s acting director as of February 2026.
Doug Collins
Former Georgia Republican Rep. Doug Collins was sworn in as the Trump administration’s secretary of Veterans Affairs in February, a Cabinet-level position tasked with overseeing the department and its mission of providing health, education and financial benefits to military veterans.
Days after his confirmation as VA secretary, Trump tapped Collins to temporarily lead two oversight agencies, the Office of Government Ethics and the Office of Special Counsel.
Former Georgia Republican Rep. Doug Collins was sworn in as the Trump administration’s secretary of Veterans Affairs in February.(Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
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The Office of Government Ethics is charged with overseeing the executive branch’s ethics program, including setting ethics standards for the government and monitoring ethics compliance across federal agencies and departments.
The Office of Special Counsel is charged with overseeing and protecting the federal government’s merit system, most notably ensuring federal whistleblowers don’t face retaliation for sounding the alarm on an issue they’ve experienced. The office also has an established secure channel to allow federal employees to blow the whistle on alleged wrongdoing.
The Office of Special Counsel also enforces the Hatch Act, which bans executive branch staffers, except the president and vice president,from engaging in certain forms of political activity.
Jamieson Greer
Trump’s trade representative, Jamieson Greer, has also been tapped for multiple roles within the administration, in addition to helping lead the administration’s tariff negotiations to bring parity to the chronic U.S. trade deficit with other nations.
Greer took on Collins’ roles as acting director of the Office of Government Ethics and as acting special counsel of the Office of Special Counsel April 1.
Jamieson Greer serves as President Trump’s trade representative in addition to other interim roles.(Rod Lamkey, Jr./The Associated Press)
Trump nominated conservative attorney Paul Ingrassia to lead the Office of Special Counsel in May, but he subsequently withdrew his nomination amid concerns about his rhetoric and other accusations the young conservative was facing at the time.
Russell Vought
Trump named his former director of the Office of Management and Budget during his first administration, Russell Vought, to the same role in his second administration. Vought was confirmed as the federal government’s budget chief in February.
Days later, Vought was also named the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a position he still holds.
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Russell Vought serves as director of the Office of Management and Budget.(Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
The CFPB is an independent government agency charged with protecting consumers from unfair financial practices in the private sector. It was created in 2010 under the Obama administration after the financial crash in 2008. Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren originally proposed and advocated for the creation of the agency.
The CFPB came under fierce investigation from the Department of Government Efficiency in February, with mass terminations rocking the agency before the reduction in force initiative was tied up in court.
Ric Grenell
Kennedy Center President Ric Grenell also serves as special presidential envoy for special missions of the United States.(Leon Neal/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump’s former ambassador to Germany and acting director of national intelligence during his first term, a pair of roles held at separate times in the first administration, currently serves as president of the Kennedy Center and special presidential envoy for special missions of the United States.
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts serves as the national cultural center of the U.S. Trump notably serves as the center’s chairman, and Grenell said the center will see a “golden age” of the arts during Trump’s second administration through productions and concerts that Americans actually want to see after years of the performing arts center running in the red.
Trump named Grenell his special presidential envoy for special missions to the United States in December 2024 before his inauguration, saying Grenell will “work in some of the hottest spots around the world, including Venezuela and North Korea.”
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In this role, Grenell helped lead the administration through its response to the wildfires that tore through Southern California in the last days of the Biden administration through the beginning days of the Trump administration.
Fox News Digital’s Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.
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