The process started going downhill in 1987, when the infamous Robert Bork hearings turned ugly and personal. A Republican, Bork was a federal appeals court judge and former U.S. solicitor general who ...

Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump's pick for Homeland Security Secretary, said she would bring bring back some of Trump's ...

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy announced Friday that he would vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of Defense.

Sen. Ted Cruz supports Pam Bondi's confirmation as attorney general, calling her Trump's most crucial nominee and praising ...

I examine what is happening with President-elect Donald Trump’s transition to the White House. This week: Donald Trump has ...

While Trump's Cabinet nominees play to their audience of one, it’s Democrats’ responsibility to play to the audience that ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Transportation on Wednesday told Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., that he “would anticipate honoring” billions of dollars the department comm ...

Trump DHS secretary nominee Kristi Noem told GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno in her confirmation hearing that she believes Laken Riley would be alive if she had been leading DHS.

Scott Bessent, Trump's pick to be Treasury Secretary was pressed on Trump's tax agenda during his Senate confirmation hearing ...

So far, Kristi Noem appears to have strong backing from GOP senators who will be crucial to her confirmation as head of the Department of Homeland Security.

Noem repeated a falsehood that Trump shared during the 2024 presidential campaign. There are not more than 13,000 murderers ...

The Senate will begin voting on President-elect Donald Trump’s top nominees in the coming week, with Republicans hoping ...