President Donald Trump's rapid reshaping of the federal government continues with executive orders and action from his acting agency heads.Trump Cabinet nominees -- including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel -- were questioned by senators during confirmation hearings on Thursday while another -- Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum -- was confirmed by the Senate.
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President Trump's nominees for top posts in his administration are gearing up for their Senate confirmation hearings, which kicked off earlier this month.
Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's pick to be director of national intelligence, faced sharp criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike Thursday during a fiery confirmation hearing focused on her past comments sympathetic to Russia,
Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's pick to be director of national intelligence, faced sharp criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike Thursday during a fiery confirmation hearing.
Any one of those resume bullet points might be enough to sink her precariously perched nomination, but in her confirmation hearing today it was Edward Snowden that dominated the discussion. Judging from the line of questioning from senators in both parties,
Trump was asked by reporters if oil would be included in his 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico that are set to begin on Saturday. The president indicated that tariffs on oil are still on the table and said that he would make a determination Thursday night.
When North Dakota's petroleum association was going to hold a banquet honoring top fracking executives last year, it turned to Gov. Doug Burgum. The two-term Republican, now President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Interior Department,
Some Republican senators are pushing for the unusual step of making public a key vote on Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination in the Senate Intelligence Committee, in an attempt to exert pressure on the ...
Iowa's delegation also introduced measures this week to combat fentanyl trafficking and improve access to child care.