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Trump's attorney general pick Pam Bondi to face US Senate grilling
Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, will face a Senate panel on Wednesday where Democrats are expected to grill her over the Republican president-elect's threats to use the Justice Department to seek revenge against his political enemies.
More Trump Cabinet picks to face Senate hearings Wednesday
Ratcliffe, director of national intelligence for the final months of Trump’s first term, goes before the Senate Intelligence Committee. The former Texas congressman is in line to lead the nation's premier spy agency, responsible for foreign covert operations and collecting data on U.S. adversaries.
Trump’s Cabinet picks are set for Senate hearings. Here’s the schedule
Senate hearings are scheduled this coming week for several of Trump’s picks for the Cabinet. Many have met with senators individually. Now, they will go before the committees overseeing the agencies that Trump wants them to run. Here’s a look at the schedule for Senate hearings set so far, in Eastern time:
Trump CIA pick Ratcliffe to face Senate questions on politicized intelligence
The Senate intelligence committee holds a confirmation hearing on Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be CIA director, John Ratcliffe, a former Republican lawmaker who was accused of using intelligence for political ends as the nation’s top spy during the incoming U.
Who is Pam Bondi? Trump AG pick to face senators' questions in confirmation hearing
Pam Bondi could be scrutinized at her attorney general confirmation hearing Wednesday over her past lobbying and independence from Donald Trump.

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Hegseth emerges from tough Senate hearing with confirmation vote on track
Senate Republicans are expressing optimism that Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Pentagon, ...
Rubio vows to place US interests ‘above all else’ as Trump’s top diplomat
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is promising to implement President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” vision as secretary of ...
Morning Report — Hegseth clears fiery Senate hearing
Trump poised to get his Pentagon pick GOP casts blame for Los Angeles fires Biden’s final lap Blinken: Negotiators “on the ...
Iowa's US Sen. Joni Ernst will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense
Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of ...
When presidents would send handwritten lists of their nominees to the Senate, things were a lot different
The US now faces the likelihood of a bruising and raucous set of confirmation hearings − a clear break from the cooperative ...
Hegseth survives attacks from Democrats in testy Senate hearing
Pete Hegseth on Tuesday battled through a high-stakes Senate hearing in which Democrats sought to paint the Pentagon nominee ...
Rubio to pitch foreign policy credentials to Senate as he vies to become America's top diplomat
Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to face questions from his colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at his ...
Trump nominees will face Senate scrutiny this week
Many of Trump’s nominees to serve in Cabinet and advisory roles are slated to appear this week for hearings before Senate ...