Senate confirms Hegseth as defense secretary with Vance breaking tie
1 of 2 | Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth (C) arrives to testify before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing this past week at the…
Hegseth confirmed as Trump’s Defense secretary, as Vance casts tiebreaking vote
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation’s Defense secretary Friday in a dramatic late-night vote, despite questions about his qualifications to lead the…
Hegseth’s defense secretary nomination heads for Senate confirmation vote
1 of 2 | Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth (C) arrives to testify before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing this past week at the…
Ag secretary nominee promises to protect farmer, ranchers and all ag workers
1 of 5 | Secretary of Agriculture nominee Brooke Rollins testifies at a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate office…
Senate advances Pete Hegseth as Defense secretary, despite allegations
WASHINGTON — The Senate advanced President Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth as the nation’s defense secretary on Thursday on a largely party-line vote, despite grave objections…
‘There will be changes’: Marco Rubio confirmed as US secretary of state | Donald Trump News
The cabinet of United States President Donald Trump has started to take shape, with its first nominee confirmed to a role: Florida lawmaker Marco Rubio.…
Rubio officially sworn into office as US Secretary of State | Politics
NewsFeedFormer Senator Marco Rubio has officially begun his tenure as US Secretary of State, just one day after the Senate unanimously approved his confirmation. He…
Senate confirms Rubio as secretary of State, giving Trump first Cabinet member
WASHINGTON — The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of State on Monday, voting unanimously to give President Trump the first member of his new…
Senate unanimously confirms Rubio as secretary of state
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., called China the nation's number-one adversary during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing examining his expected nomination to be Secretary of…
Scott Bessent to face tough confirmation hearing for Treasury secretary role
U.S. News // 13 hours ago Transportation secretary nominee stresses safety on the roads, in the air Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Sean Duffy, Trump's pick…
Climate science-denying energy secretary nominee Wright calls for expanding U.S. energy sector
1 of 6 | Chris Wright testified Wednesday during a Senate Energy Committee hearing to examine his expected nomination as U.S Secretary of Energy at…
Transportation secretary nominee stresses safety on the roads, in the air
1 of 6 | Sean Duffy testifies during Wednesday's Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing to examine his nomination to be U.S. secretary of…
Sen. Marco Rubio appears set to win confirmation as secretary of State
WASHINGTON — Once a bitter critic of President-elect Donald Trump, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida headed into his first Senate hearing Wednesday as nominee for…
Sen. Joni Ernst says she’ll vote to confirm Hegseth as defense secretary
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said Tuesday that she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as the next secretary of defense. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI…
Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense secretary pick, faces grilling in Senate
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for Defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, vowed Tuesday to foster a “warrior culture” at the Pentagon and confronted allegations of his…
Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth faces Senate panel questions
1 of 4 | Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth prepares to testify before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to examine Hegseth's expected nomination at…
Fate of Trump’s Cabinet picks unclear as Republicans prepare to take power in Senate
WASHINGTON — The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions about Robert F. Kennedy…
More evidence that RFK Jr. would be a disastrous health secretary
Polio came for 5-year-old Lynn Lane when she was visiting her grandmother in rural Indiana. Suddenly, her arms and legs became weak, and by the…
US Secretary of State Blinken acknowledges contact with Syria’s HTS rebels | Syria’s War News
The administration of President Joe Biden has acknowledged contact with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Syrian opposition group that led the recent lightning offensive that…
Trump nominates ex-ambassador to Mexico to serve as deputy secretary of State
Christopher Landau, the former U.S. ambassador to Mexico from 2019-2021, was nominated Sunday night by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as deputy secretary of the…