Republicans name 3 more officials Trump should fire — and urge him to do it soon

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 26, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Republicans in the Senate are pushing President Donald Trump to get any and all firings done soon, according to lawmakers who spoke with Politico, over concerns that new appointees might not be confirmed before the midterms.

"If you’re a Cabinet official thinking of pursuing a new professional opportunity, Senate Republicans have a request: Now’s the time to call it quits," Politico explained in a Thursday morning report. "The departure this week of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who is following former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi out the door, has some GOP lawmakers pondering a larger Cabinet shakeup and what that could mean to an unsettled Senate floor schedule."

The Senate schedule is looking packed for the rest of the year, with just over six months left until the 2026 midterms, where it is no longer outside the realm of possibility that Republicans will lose their majority in the chamber. In addition to "a litany of measures they are negotiating with the House," the Senate will also have to consider "at least one potential party-line budget reconciliation bill" to keep the government funded and, possibly, fill a Supreme Court vacancy.

That does not leave a lot of wiggle room for many high-profile Cabinet appointments, which would also become more of a nightmare for the administration before a Democratic Congress.

“The number of working days are very limited,” Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, told Politico. “You just do the math. It’s a very compressed schedule.”

“As we get closer to the election… you never know what’s going to happen to the Senate,” another GOP senator told Politico anonymously.

"Tillis is among a group of Republican senators who believe Trump should make any further changes to his inner circle sooner rather than later to give the Senate maximum flexibility in confirming replacements," Politico explained. "Waiting, they fear, could mean significant delays in confirmations or worse if Democrats can retake the majority."

The outlet noted that no Republicans are publicly prepared to call out which Trump administration officials they think should be on the chopping block next. In private, however, "three privately fingered Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick as someone they believe the president is likely to remove." Another lawmaker highlighted National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, questioning how long she "would remain in her post given her split with the president on recent issues such as the Iran war and a soon-to-lapse surveillance authority." Two of the anonymous Republicans also expressed doubts about FBI Director Kash Patel, given the recent reports about his excessive drinking and erratic behavior.

“He’s in a bad mood, so he’s letting a lot of them go,” one of the anonymous lawmakers said about Trump. “He’s preparing to really let a lot of them go.”

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