Trump Attorney General pick Pam Bondi faces Day 2 of Senate confirmation hearing
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Justice and Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent will sit for Senate confirmation hearings Thursday morning.
Trump CIA pick Ratcliffe faces Senate questions on politicized intelligence
The Senate intelligence committee opened a confirmation hearing on Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be CIA director, John Ratcliffe, a former Republican lawmaker who was accused of using intelligence for political ends as the nation’s top spy during the incoming U.
Takeaways from Senate confirmation hearings: Democrats grill Trump Cabinet nominee
Trump's nominees for secretary of State, attorney general, CIA director, Energy secretary and Transportation secretary went before Senate committees.
Trump's Pick to Oversee US Public Lands Faces Senate Hearing
Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is due before a Senate committee as lawmakers consider the Republican’s nomination to be chief steward of U.S. public lands
John Ratcliffe, Trump’s CIA pick, pledges not to politicize spy agency
Trump’s nominee for CIA director vowed a more muscular approach to stealing adversaries’ secrets and pledged not to politicize spy agency.
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Live updates: More of Trump’s cabinet picks appear for Senate confirmation hearings
Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump’s picks for the Cabinet. Thursday's hearings include Doug Burgum, Scott Turner, Lee Zeldin, Pam Bondi and Scott Bessent. 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 ...
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Marco Rubio on a smooth path to Senate confirmation as next secretary of state
Marco Rubio drew bipartisan support among Senate Foreign Relations Committee members at Wednesday's hearing and appears ...
Republicans in Congress warn rising US bond yields could hit Trump's tax cut plans
Just days before Donald Trump returns to power, some of his Republican allies in the U.S. Congress are warning that the ...
Pam Bondi, Trump's choice for attorney general, declines to talk about TikTok ban at Senate hearing
Pam Bondi, Trump's choice to become attorney general, refused to talk at her Senate confirmation hearing about enforcing the ...
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Donald Trump's victory formalized in front of a Congress led by Kamala Harris
which culminated when tellers read out the results from Texas and Trump formally clinched the 270 electoral votes necessary ...
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The 119th Congress — Day 1 — A Tale of Two Legislative Bodies and the Beginning of a Busy Year
The opening hours of the 119th Congress provided an interesting look at the two bodies of Congress, the United States House of Representatives ...
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Jim Justice officially sworn in for United States Senate seat
One day after turning the keys to the Governor’s Mansion over to Patrick Morrisey, Jim Justice was sworn in to begin his ...
United States Attorney Zachary Myers resigns ahead of Trump inauguration
The rule of law is not self-executing,” said US Attorney Zachary Myers, who was appointed by President Joe Biden in 2021.
Senate immigration bill aims to overturn Supreme Court precedent in a sea change for legal system, experts say
Anti-immigrant state officials and federal judges would have new power to dictate immigration enforcement– including whether ...