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Confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees will keep senators busy this week, with over a dozen on the schedule so far. Among the first up is Pete Hegseth, the former Fox ...
A slate of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees have appeared before senators in recent weeks for key hearings on their road to confirmation. Former Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was the first to be ...
More than a dozen people nominated by President-elect Trump to serve in his administration are making their case to Senate committees this week. The busy week kicked off with the Senate Armed ...
Denotes nomination reported favorably by a Senate committee, pending confirmation by the full Senate Confirmed appointees who are political appointees (rather than career foreign service officers) Confirmed appointees who are Career Members of the Senior Executive Service or Senior Foreign Service.
Department of Defense: Pete Hegseth. Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth is the most controversial nominee the Senate will consider for Trump’s Cabinet. He has been dogged by allegations that he ...
On November 14, 2024, Reuters characterized Trump's nominations thus far as rewarding loyalists, with some nominees having notably few qualifications for their proposed job. [ 206 ] A CBS News poll released on November 25, 2024 found that 59% of Americans approve of the presidential transition.
The director of national intelligence was first elevated to Cabinet-level status by Trump in February 2017, during his first administration. In November 2024, President-elect Trump selected Army lieutenant colonel and former representative Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii to serve as his DNI. She was confirmed 52–48 by the Senate on February 12 and ...
Duckworth’s announcement comes after Democrats staged an all-night protest to delay a confirmation vote on Russell Vought, Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).