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Trump transition live updates: Senate confirmation hearing underway for Pam Bondi
Live updates on the Trump transition ahead of next week's inauguration. Follow the latest as Senate confirmation hearing continue for the incoming administration.
Watch live: Senate holds confirmation hearings on Trump’s Cabinet picks
Many nominees have met with senators individually. Now, they will go before the committees overseeing the agencies that Trump wants them to run.
Trump CIA pick Ratcliffe to face Senate questions on politicized intelligence
The Senate intelligence committee holds a confirmation hearing on Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be CIA director, John Ratcliffe, a former Republican lawmaker who was accused of using intelligence for political ends as the nation’s top spy during the incoming U.
Trump nominees Pam Bondi, Marco Rubio and more face Senate grilling today
President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees for the Department of Justice, State Department and more will sit for Senate confirmation hearings Wednesday morning.
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Watch live: More Trump Cabinet picks to face Senate hearings today
Ratcliffe, director of national intelligence for the final months of Trump’s first term, goes before the Senate Intelligence Committee. The former Texas congressman is in line to lead the nation's premier spy agency, responsible for foreign covert operations and collecting data on U.S. adversaries.
Trump's attorney general pick Pam Bondi to face US Senate grilling
Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, will face a Senate panel on Wednesday where Democrats are expected to grill her over the Republican president-elect's threats to use the Justice Department to seek revenge against his political enemies.
Trump cabinet picks Rubio and Bondi face grilling in Senate confirmation hearings
Donald Trump has nominated Florida Senator Marco Rubio to be his secretary of state, while he has chosen lawyer Pam Bondi for attorney general.
Who is Pam Bondi? Trump AG pick to face senators' questions in confirmation hearing
Pam Bondi could be scrutinized at her attorney general confirmation hearing Wednesday over her past lobbying and independence from Donald Trump.
US Senate panel postpones hearing for Trump's Interior pick Burgum
The U.S. Senate energy panel said on Monday the nomination hearing for President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of the interior, Doug Burgum, will take place on Thursday instead of Tuesday, blaming a "bureaucratic delay" with a federal ethics office.

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Trump's attorney general pick says she'll end 'weaponisation' of US justice, as she faces Senate
Donald Trump has nominated Florida Senator Marco Rubio to be his secretary of state, while he has chosen lawyer Pam Bondi for ...
Rubio vows to place US interests ‘above all else’ as Trump’s top diplomat
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is promising to implement President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” vision as secretary of ...
Judgment Day: Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth survives grilling by Senate Democrats, ‘confirmation assured’ predict Republicans
One thing seemed clear after Pete Hegseth’s four-hour grilling by Democrats on the Senate Armed Services committee — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Pentagon enjoyed the unreserved ...
Iowa's US Sen. Joni Ernst will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense
Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of ...
Rubio to pitch foreign policy credentials to Senate as he vies to become America's top diplomat
Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to face questions from his colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at his ...
No. 2 Senate Democratic leader will back Rubio for secretary of State
Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.) on Monday announced that he will vote for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to become the ...
Few US adults confident Justice Department and FBI will act fairly under Trump, AP-NORC poll finds
As President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, gets set for her Senate confirmation hearings, only ...
Dem senator's 'lies and stupidity' at Hegseth hearing roasted on social media: 'Clown show'
Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono was criticized on social media for her questioning of Trump's Secretary of Defense nominee Pete ...