A slate of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees have appeared before senators in recent days for key hearings on their road to confirmation. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was the first to be confirmed, securing the secretary of State position with a unanimous vote on inauguration day.
All 99 senators voted in favor of Rubio, including Rubio himself. The Senate voted unanimously to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state on Monday, making him the first confirmed member of ...
Senator Marco Rubio during a rally for Donald J. Trump, in Doral, Fla. last year.Credit...Scott McIntyre for The New York Times Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, a onetime G.O.P. golden boy ...
Thursday marks another busy day of hearings for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees as his inauguration approaches. The day will feature Lee Zeldin, the nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA);
So has John Ratcliffe, Mr. Trump’s pick for C.I.A. director. Mr. Ratcliffe said at his confirmation hearing on Wednesday that the United States was witnessing an “invasion through our digital borders from half a world away, in a few seconds and a few keystrokes.” He argued that America’s ability to deter such attacks had faltered.
Senate Republicans are attempting to fast-track several of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees this week, including the confirmation of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) as secretary of state as ...
Trump’s pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency is John Ratcliffe, who formerly served as Director of National Intelligence in Trump’s first term. His confirmation hearing took place last week, during which he repeatedly said he would not hire or fire employees based on their political views.
Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump's picks for the Cabinet. Many nominees have met with senators individually. Now, they will go before the committees overseeing the agencies that Trump wants them to run. A hearing began Tuesday for Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for defense secretary.
Some of Donald Trump's picks for his cabinet are expected to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate this week after the chamber held more than a dozen confirmation hearings last
Doug Collins and Elise Stefanik are set for hearings as President Donald Trump's cabinet confirmation process continues in the Senate.
A federal judge temporarily blocked the president's effort to end birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional" after multiple states tried to stop it in court. On Capitol Hill, though,