Some of Trump's more controversial picks for Cabinet positions are set to face the Senate for confirmation hearings this week.
Pete Hegseth’s qualifications to serve as the next secretary of defense are so scant that when Democratic senators called them into question during his confirmation hearing last week, a Republican
On Monday, President Donald Trump took the oath of office to become the 47th president of the United States of America.
The thing about this team of Trump 2.0 enthusiasts? Their almost uncanny toolbox of denial techniques—Hegseth’s “anonymous smears” and Bondi’s “wait, Trump said what now?”—reveals the game here: Treat everything Donald Trump has said about what he plans to do with the Justice Department,
The questioning of Trump nominees Pete Hegseth and Pam Bondi has greatly diminished what was once a relatively dignified Senate chamber.
Mark Halperin gave his analysis on the recent Senate hearings for Trump cabinet nominations: MARK HALPERIN: On Capitol Hill, we could spend an hour on each of the six hearings. I've been lobbied all day by different people to emphasize different parts of the hearings,
Kathleen Parker watched the confirmation hearing for our possible (okay, probable) next attorney general, and thought Pam Bondi gave all sorts of nice, “reassuring” answers that were “crisp and succinct.”
Confirmation hearings begin this week for President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet. The Republican-led senate is likely to confirm most of Trump’s picks but the fate of some of his more controversial nominees is still unclear.
Trump's picks to lead four federal agencies testified without the flashes of anger that marked Pete Hegseth and Pam Bondi's earlier showdowns.
Eyes will also be on Trump's pick for Attorney General, Pam Bondi, with her hearing split over two days on Wednesday and Thursday.
One by one, all the president-elect’s men and women are falling into place in his Cabinet. While Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth's nomination was teetering toward collapse just weeks ago, he now appears on track for confirmation after a fiery Senate hearing that focused on his drinking,