Rubio tells Senate committee the "top priority" of State Department will be U.S.
Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the State Department as secretary of state, is facing questions from his Senate colleagues on Wednesday morning in what is expected to be one of the least contentious confirmation hearings this week.
Takeaways from Senate confirmation hearings: Democrats grill Trump Cabinet nominee
Trump's nominees for secretary of State, attorney general, CIA director, Energy secretary and Transportation secretary went before Senate committees.
The Latest: More of Trump’s Cabinet Picks Will Appear for Senate Confirmation Hearings
Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump’s picks for the Cabinet. While many are rapidly gaining support for their confirmation, the remaining still have to go before the committees overseeing the agencies Trump wants them to run.
Trump transition live updates: Doug Burgum, Scott Bessent, other Cabinet picks faced Senate questions
Latest news and live updates as the Trump administration prepares for office next week. Follow live as Senate confirmation hearings continue for attorney general pick Pam Bondi.
WATCH LIVE: Senate holds hearings for Bondi, Burgum, and other Trump picks
Senate committees are holding multiple hearings Thursday to question President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominees before their confirmation votes in front of the entire Senate body. Five Trump nominees are slated to face committees Thursday,
Top Senate Intel Democrat ‘flabbergasted’ by removal of GOP House Intelligence chair
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Thursday said he was “flabbergasted” by the ...
GOP congressional leaders set the stage to move on Trump’s agenda
Donald Trump and his GOP allies in Congress have recently shared some of the first details of their ambitious agenda — ...
Trump CIA pick Ratcliffe faces Senate questions on politicized intelligence
The Senate intelligence committee opened a confirmation hearing on Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be ...
Speaker Johnson removes Mike Turner as Intelligence Committee chair
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will not make Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) chair of the House Intelligence Committee in the 119th ...
Marco Rubio scorns ‘postwar global order’ as ‘obsolete’ in Senate hearing
A veteran of the Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio is widely seen as one of Trump's least controversial Cabinet picks and is ...
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Marco Rubio on a smooth path to Senate confirmation as next secretary of state
Marco Rubio drew bipartisan support among Senate Foreign Relations Committee members at Wednesday's hearing and appears ...
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Jim Banks sworn in as Indiana's newest United States Senator
Jim Banks has been sworn in as a United States Senator for Indiana, and will serve on the Senate Committee on Armed Services, ...
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John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be CIA director, testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Mr. Ratcliffe previously served as DNI in the ...