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 ...

Aaron Rodgers admitted Thursday he was eager to watch Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing with lawmakers on Capitol Hill. President-elect Trump has nominated Kennedy to lead the ...

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 ...

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particularly from Vice President JD Vance, helped Gabbard and Kennedy squeak through on party-line votes. Now they are on track for confirmation next week.

If you haven’t been paying attention as an array of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks sat through Senate confirmation hearings this week, good for you. It has been, at best ...

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 ...

Needed to win Needed to win Notes: Confirmation requires a simple majority of voting senators. The Ohio Senate seat previously held by Vice President JD Vance is vacant. Ahead of his confirmation ...

Tulsi Gabbard is set to test her odds of Senate confirmation on Tuesday as the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence considers her nomination by President Donald Trump. Gabbard, a former ...

In his confirmation hearing for FBI director on Thursday, Kash Patel presented himself as a man of experience, fairness, and devotion to civic duty. In the hours he spent in the room before the ...