Cabinet tracker: Senate gets faster start on confirming Trump nominees
The Senate has confirmed five members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet since he assumed office on Jan. 20, with five more ready for floor action in the coming days. The pace is faster than in 2017, the first time Trump had Republican control of Washington. By this point in his first term, only two were confirmed.
Live updates: Three of President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks face Senate hearings
Three of President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks prepared to face skepticism and intense grilling from Democratic senators Thursday.
Factbox-Trump's picks for his cabinet and other top posts
More of President Donald Trump's picks for his cabinet are expected to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate in the coming days after the Republican-controlled chamber began approving them last week. Hearings for other nominees are scheduled for this week as well,
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Live updates: GOP senators weigh fates of Trump’s more controversial Cabinet picks
With their confirmation hearings behind them, the fates of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee for health secretary, and Tulsi Gabbard, his pick for director of national intelligence,
The Latest: Senators Grill 3 of Trump's Most Controversial Cabinet Picks in Confirmation Hearings
Democratic senators have grilled three of President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks during their confirmation hearings
Senate GOP forges ahead with Trump’s budget pick amid funding freeze uproar
Senate Republicans who care about Congress’ spending authority aren’t going to oppose Russ Vought’s nomination to lead OMB as Democrats accuse the White House of curtailing lawmakers’ powers.
Trump's FBI director pick, Kash Patel, to face skeptical Democrats at Senate confirmation hearing
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, is to encounter deeply skeptical questioning from Democratic senators about his loyalty to the president and stated desire to overhaul the bu
How Senators Voted on Trump’s Cabinet Picks
Before President Trump can begin working with his cabinet picks, nominees must be confirmed by the Senate.  After they are vetted and submitted to the Senate, nominees are referred to committees with jurisdiction over their nominations.
Where Trump's Cabinet nominees stand in Senate confirmation process
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel testify before Senate committees on Capitol Hill on Thursday as urgency builds to confirm President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominations.
Flashback: Murkowski voted to confirm 19 Biden Cabinet picks in defiance of GOP
Sen. Lisa Murkowski is opposing the nomination of Pete Hegseth to be President Donald Trump's Defense secretary.
Trump criticized for blaming diversity, Biden administration for crash
Democrats harshly criticized President Donald Trump for a news conference Thursday in which he said that his predecessors and diversity were to blame for Wednesday night’s fatal collision of an Army ...
ProPublica’s Coverage of Donald Trump’s Appointments — and How They Could Reshape Federal Agencies
President Trump’s nominees for key positions have a history of pushing back against the work of the departments and agencies ...
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Former Trump Interior, DOE secretaries form energy PR group
Former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and former Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette say they are starting the Restoring ...
Trump signs executive actions, including ordering federal workers back to office
Shortly before leaving office, President Joe Biden preemptively pardoned several people he said could be unfairly prosecuted ...
Biden passes baton to Trump as oldest president, foreshadowing age scrutiny
Donald Trump will become the oldest person ever sworn in as president at age 78 and will be older than President Joe Biden ...
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Biden said his pardon of family was meant to shield them from Trump. That’s not the full story.
Joe Biden cast his last-minute pardons of family members merely as an effort to shield them from the retribution of Donald Trump. In reality, his brother, serial entrepreneur Jim Biden ...
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What Trump’s Cabinet Picks Mean for Black Americans as Hearings Continue
President Donald ... against him. Trump’s picks also are largely anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as peddlers of “reverse racism.” With each announcement of a Cabinet nominee ...