Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth narrowly earned enough Republican support to clear a key Senate hurdle and is now all but assured confirmation.

Kash Patel to run the FBI? He “probably has a big misstep that is hanging over his head, but ultimately, he is in relatively good shape,” the member said, referring to Patel’s past penchant for ...

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as his nominee for secretary of defense on November 14, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate confirmation. The ...

Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on Monday at the US Capitol. Follow for live news updates on all of the events.

Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso succeeded Thune as majority whip — the second highest-ranking position in Republican Senate leadership. Barrasso was first appointed to the Senate in 2007 ...

Marco Rubio of Florida as his nominee for secretary of state and Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic ... would vote to confirm the congressman. Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, suggested ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s other nominees pushed Wednesday through a gauntlet of confirmation hearings with the help of ...

Missouri Senators Eric Schmitt and Josh Hawley have taken a prominent role in the Trump cabinet confirmation hearings, showing support for the nominees, a depar ...

One by one, all the president-elect’ s men, and women, are falling into place in his Cabinet. While Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth’s nomination was teetering toward collapse just weeks ago, he ...

Wyoming Senator and Republican Whip John Barrasso appeared on CBS’s Face the Nation and discussed the California wildfires, hearings over incoming President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks and the ...