Hegseth skated through to confirmation with three GOP nays. But Vice President JD Vance broke a tie. It was only the second time in U.S. history that the Senate confirmed a Cabinet secretary on a ...

A number of President-elect Trump's choices for his second-term Cabinet have seen their scheduled confirmation hearings postponed, with Senate committees citing outstanding documents. Hearings for ...

The Senate held confirmation hearings Thursday for several key picks for President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, including Scott Bessent for treasury secretary and Lee Zeldin to ...

Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary touches on a wide array of issues — national security, the fitness of our leaders, and the potential misuse of the military by Donald Trump ...

Kennedy’s son to benefit from vaccine lawsuit, under new plan. With a committee vote scheduled Tuesday for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation to lead the Department of Health and Human ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said he doesn't think he could support Bondi's confirmation at this point because "the attorney general has to have the grit and gumption to say no to Donald ...

His friendly, five-hour confirmation hearing seemed to all but guarantee he would be the next secretary of state. Michael Crowley Karoun Demirjian and Edward Wong Reporting from Washington Senator ...

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is set to have his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday morning to become the next secretary of state under President-elect Donald Trump. Rubio, 53, would be entering ...

The first item on the Senate’s Trump nomination agenda appears sure to be the confirmation of one of their own. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., had a relatively easy confirmation hearing at the ...

to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee for her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. Feb. 10The Senate voted along party lines 52-46, with two ...

Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to become secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, is set to face her Senate confirmation hearing on Friday. Noem was initially slated ...