The Senate has confirmed five members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet since he assumed office on Jan. 20, with five more ready for floor action in the coming days. The pace is faster than in 2017, the first time Trump had Republican control of Washington. By this point in his first term, only two were confirmed.
Three of President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks prepared to face skepticism and intense grilling from Democratic senators Thursday.
More of President Donald Trump's picks for his cabinet are expected to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate in the coming days after the Republican-controlled chamber began approving them last week. Hearings for other nominees are scheduled for this week as well,
President Trump’s nominees for key positions have a history of pushing back against the work of the departments and agencies they’ve been chosen to lead.
Democrats harshly criticized President Donald Trump for a news conference Thursday in which he said that his predecessors and diversity were to blame for Wednesday night’s fatal collision of an Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger plane landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport.
Former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and former Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette say they are starting the Restoring Energy Dominance (RED) Coalition to carry out President Donald Trump’s energy orders. The president has sought to ramp up oil and gas production, de-emphasize wind energy and halt former President Joe Biden’s climate spending.
The heads of the Jan. 6 committee say they're grateful for the decision by President Joe Biden to pardon them “not for breaking the law but for upholding it.”
Sen. Lisa Murkowski is opposing the nomination of Pete Hegseth to be President Donald Trump's Defense secretary.
Donald Trump will become the oldest person ever sworn in as president at age 78 and will be older than President Joe Biden when his second term ends.
President Donald Trump signed a record number of executive orders during his first week back at the White House.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on Inauguration ... and President Joe Biden’s choice for director of national ...
President Donald Trump's inauguration was filled with sweeping executive orders, a roaring crowd of supporters at Capital One Arena, and glitz and glamour at inaugural balls.