Four days away from inauguration, the Senate is moving quickly with confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet. The saga began with defense secretary nominee Pete
While Trump's Cabinet nominees play to their audience of one, it’s Democrats’ responsibility to play to the audience that really matters here: the American people.
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.”
Trump's picks to lead four federal agencies testified without the flashes of anger that marked Pete Hegseth and Pam Bondi's earlier showdowns.
Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent warned that the US faces an economic crisis that will hammer middle- and working-class people if the 2017 Republican tax cuts aren’t extended when a swath of them expire at the end of this year.
Democrats say Hegseth’s lack of experience, comments about women and Black troops, and allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct make him unfit to serve. Some takeaways from the hearing:
The new administration is set to face significant challenges, including heightened geopolitical tensions, economic recovery, and domestic political polarisation.
Thirteen billionaires and ten individuals known from television or the entertainment sector will be part of Donald Trump's cabinet, which will be sworn in on Monday, 20 January. The political circle of the 47th President of the United States will be one of the most unconventional in history.
Will the Senate GOP confirm controversial picks like Pete Hegseth and RFK Jr.? Here’s this week’s full Senate confirmation hearing schedule.
A crucial week for President-elect Trump gets underway in earnest on Tuesday, when his nominees for key posts start going before the Senate committees that will begin to determine their fates.
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department sat for a Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday after hearings for Veterans’ Affairs Secretary nominee Doug Collins and Interior secretary nominee Doug Burgum were postponed.