If approved, Kennedy will control a $1.7 trillion agency that oversees food and hospital inspections, hundreds of health ...

This week marks the start of the Senate confirmation hearings, where the public will observe committees interviewing President-elect Donald Trump's nominees to determine their suitability for ...

It’s Trump Cabinet confirmation hearing week at the Capitol. Senate Republicans will be trying to get as many of President-elect Donald Trump’s prospective nominees ready for floor action as q ...

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Several protestors disrupted Wednesday’s Senate confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump’s choices to join his Cabinet, which lawmakers condemned. Wednesday is chock full of Senate ...

Reactions poured in on social media and elsewhere as Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth was grilled by Democrats on Capitol Hill following a tense confirmation hearing that often got personal.

Florida's Republican Sen. Marco Rubio sailed through his confirmation hearing with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, all but assuring he will assume the role of top diplomat ...

Meanwhile, delayed reports on the backgrounds of two Cabinet secretaries are postponing their confirmation hearings. Instead, Interior Secretary nominee Doug Burgum will testify on Thursday ...

The first confirmation hearings are scheduled to begin Tuesday, Jan. 14, with the U.S. Senate poised to interview President-elect Donald Trump's nominees, including a couple of candidates from ...

The confirmation hearing for presumptive Interior nominee Doug Burgum has been delayed by two days after Democratic pushback over missing paperwork. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Mike ...

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 ...

In a hearing that stretched more than four hours, Democrats pressed Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for defense secretary, on numerous allegations of misconduct, his views ...