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Judgment Day: Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth survives grilling by Senate Democrats, ‘confirmation assured’ predict Republicans
Hegseth needs only 50 of the 53 Senate Republicans to vote for him to be confirmed, and it’s even possible he may pick up a Democratic vote. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who met with Hegseth last week, ...
Trump nominees will face Senate scrutiny this week
Many of Trump’s nominees to serve in Cabinet and advisory roles are slated to appear this week for hearings before Senate ...
When presidents would send handwritten lists of their nominees to the Senate, things were a lot different
The US now faces the likelihood of a bruising and raucous set of confirmation hearings − a clear break from the cooperative ...
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.
Marco Rubio scorns ‘postwar global order’ as ‘obsolete’ in Senate hearing
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) told senators the United States as a superpower is standing at a crossroads and that the “postwar global order is not just obsolete; it is now ...
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 ...
Rubio to pitch foreign policy credentials to Senate as he vies to become America's top diplomat
Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to face questions from his colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at his ...