Notably, Gabbard questioned the US intelligence community’s assessments that Assad was behind a deadly chlorine gas attack the same year she met with the Syrian strongman, to which Trump said at the time: “There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons.”

‘I know what I don’t know,’ SecDef pick says at confirmation hearing. Pete Hegseth conceded that he lacks the experience of previous defense secretaries but said what he has is enough.

President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for top posts in his administration are gearing up for their Senate confirmation hearings, which kick off this week.

Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees for his second term are slated for Senate confirmations this week, after a series of discussions. The appointments covering national security, public health, and labor,

Pam Bondi was pressed about the 2020 election and Trump's influence over the Justice Department, while Marco Rubio struck a more measured tone on the Russia-Ukraine war.

Senate Democrats want to slow the roll on Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Trump ... particularly Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) for secretary of State. Others face challenges. Robert F.

His order, which the White House called “the most important federal civil rights measure in decades,” revokes Executive Order 11246 signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965. It prohibited discriminatory practices in hiring and employment in government contracting and asserted the government’s commitment to affirmative action.

The possibility of recess appointments, which would allow some nominees to be confirmed without a vote, is on the table.

The confirmation process includes several rounds of investigation and review, beginning with the submission of a personal financial disclosure report and a background check. The nominee is then evaluated in a committee hearing, which allows for a close ...

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 Senate Intelligence Committee typically holds the ...

The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on Inauguration Day. Rubio, the Republican senator from Florida,