Trump transition updates: Trump taps America First think tank CEO as agriculture secretary

Karoline Leavitt gave her first interview since being chosen as President-elect Donald Trump's press secretary last week.

Asked if there would be daily press briefings during her appearance on Fox News, Leavitt punted to Trump.

"It's certainly something I'll discuss with President Trump. Ultimately, he is the decision-maker, as you know, that was the way in his first White House. It was the way on our campaign, and I will defer to him," Leavitt said.

She didn't address whether they'd knock traditional media aside for right-side broadcasters or podcasters, as some news outlets have indicated.

"We hope there will be decorum, certainly, and we will try to instill that. But we're not shy of the hostile media," she said. "We've dealt with that now in the campaign for the last year. Nobody does it better than President Trump."

Explaining that the most effective communication methods might include "bringing different voices into the press briefing room" and vaguely stating that it might also "include some different rules," she added: "Ultimately, it's about serving the American people and getting President Trump's message across to them."

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa, Soo Rin Kim and Kelsey Walsh

President-elect Donald Trump announced he is nominating Linda McMahon, a former World Wrestling Entertainment executive and the former Small Business Services secretary, to lead the Department of Education.

McMahon, who served as Trump's Small Business Services administrator for two years, has no teaching or experience but served one year on the Connecticut State Board of Education.

Her appointment must be approved by the Senate.

ABC News' Kelsey Walsh, Lalee Ibssa and Soo Rin Kim

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham is offering the incoming Trump administration 1,402 acres the office has purchased along the Texas-Mexico border to be used for a mass deportation operation, according to a letter on Tuesday to the president-elect.

Buckingham said she's offering the land "to be used to construct deportation facilities."

"My office is fully prepared to enter into an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or the United States Border Patrol to allow a facility to be built for the processing, detention, and coordination of the largest deportation of violent criminals in the nation's history," Buckingham wrote.

The move shows that despite the governors of border states California and Arizona pledging to not aid the Trump administration's mass deportation plans, the incoming administration will have allies in Republican-led states.

Buckingham said she is "100% on board" with the incoming administration's promise to deport criminals in an interview with Fox News, which was the first to report the news.

The plot of land is in Starr County, about 35 miles west of McAllen, Texas. The Texas General Land Office purchased it from a farmer in October to facilitate Texas' efforts to build a wall.

"It's essentially farmland, so it's flat, it's easy to build on," Buckingham told Fox News. "We can very easily put a detention center on there -- a holding place as we get these criminals out of our country."

-ABC News' Armando García

The bipartisan House Ethics Committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday afternoon to discuss its report on the investigation of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who resigned from office last week after Trump chose him as his nominee for attorney general.

It’s not entirely clear if the committee will hold a vote on whether to release the report.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller, John Parkinson and Will Steakin