Several of Donald Trump’s picks for his Cabinet and key roles in his administration are facing confirmation hearings in the Senate today as the president continues to implement executive actions to transform the government.
Will the Senate GOP confirm controversial picks like Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr.? Here’s the hearings schedule and list of who’s been confirmed.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had better hope the Pentagon mess installs a mimosa bar in his new office or the mornings are going to be very hard to handle. He, like Secretary of State Marco Rubio,
President Donald Trump's second White House is looking a lot like the inside of Mar-a-Lago, with extremely wealthy Americans taking key roles in his Republican administration.
Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noem are among the first official, sworn-in members of the Trump administration. We’re really doing this, I guess!
(TNND) — The senate plans to vote on the confirmation of Scott Bessent as treasury secretary on Monday evening.
The Senate has officially confirmed Pete Hegseth's defense secretary appointment under the Trump administration on Friday.
Republicans kept the Senate working Saturday to install the latest member of Trump’s national security team on a 59-34 vote.
Pete Hegseth was sworn in to lead the Department of Defense on Saturday, after a narrow vote in the Senate. The vote on Friday night was initially 50-50, with Vice President JD Vance then casting the tie-breaking vote.
The unusually narrow confirmation came after questions from members in both parties over Hegseth’s qualifications.
Three Republicans voted with every Democrat against Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, forcing Vance to step in and put Hegseth over the top.
The Abraham Accords agreement is another significant accomplishment for Trump. It signaled a new approach to the Middle East which ended the false belief that the failure of Israel to reach a peace agreement with the Palestinian Authority was the ultimate cause of discord and war in the Middle East.