Senate braces for 'train wreck' as hearings kick off for Trump Cabinet picks
Some are expected to have smooth confirmation paths, like Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state, while others, like defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth, face headwinds.
Trump's pick to oversee US public lands faces Senate hearing
Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is due before a Senate committee Thursday as lawmakers consider the Republican's nomination to be chief steward of U.S. public lands and waters. President-elect Donald Trump in November tapped Burgum to be interior secretary and to lead the new National Energy Council,
Senate Hearings for Trump’s Cabinet Picks Have Begun. Here’s the Schedule.
Selections for attorney general, secretary of homeland security, secretary of state and Treasury secretary are among those set to have hearings this week.
Trump's outsider Cabinet picks are rapidly gaining support for confirmation
One by one, all the president-elect’ s men, and women, are falling into place in his Cabinet . While Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth's nomination was teetering toward collapse just weeks ago, he now appears on track for confirmation after a fiery Senate hearing that focused on his drinking,
Trump Nominees Pressed on Political Influence in Senate Hearings
Donald Trump's nominees for top national security jobs said they would not prioritize their loyalty to the president-elect over their duty to the country in U.S. Senate hearings on Wednesday, where they appeared to be on a path to easy confirmation.
Team Trump faces the Senate: Six top picks in confirmation hearings
Senators will grill Trump's choices to lead the Justice, State, Transportation and Energy departments,as well as the CIA and the top budget office.
Takeaways from the second day of Trump Cabinet confirmation hearings
Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees for key roles in the intelligence, foreign policy and law enforcement agencies all pledged to keep politics out of their offices amid concerns from Democrats that the president-elect will carry out his vows to go after his political enemies once in office.
Live updates: Rubio, Ratcliffe, Wright and Duffy appear for senate confirmation hearings
Donald Trump’s picks for Cabinet are going before Senate committees that oversee agencies Trump wants them to run. Watch live ...
Marco Rubio scorns ‘postwar global order’ as ‘obsolete’ in Senate hearing
A veteran of the Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio is widely seen as one of Trump's least controversial Cabinet picks and is ...
Hegseth survives tense Senate confirmation hearing, health experts say obesity is more than BMI, 'Severance' stages a viral stunt
A key vote: Despite initial skepticism, GOP Sen. Joni Ernst said after the hearing that she’d vote to confirm Hegseth. With a ...
Highlights from Rubio, Ratcliffe, Bondi and Duffy Senate confirmation hearings
Donald Trump’s picks for Cabinet are going before Senate committees that oversee agencies Trump wants them to run. Pam Bondi, ...
Hegseth Weathers Fiery Senate Hearing, Putting Confirmation on Stronger Footing
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, seen by Trump allies as a pivotal vote, said she would back the defense secretary pick.
Protesters interrupt Senate confirmation hearings
Several protestors disrupted Wednesday’s Senate confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump’s choices to join his Cabinet ...
Question on ASEAN stumped Hegseth at Senate hearing. What is it and why is it important?
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, grilling President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary over whether he had the “breadth ...
Rubio asked about Marc Fogel, Pennsylvania native imprisoned in Russia, during Senate confirmation hearing
Sen. Marco Rubio was asked about Marc Fogel, the man from Butler County who has been imprisoned in Russia since 2021.