Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, survived an at times contentious hearing while declining to say if Joe Biden won the 2020 vote.

Senators advanced the nomination of Russell Vought, who was tapped to be President Trump’s next budget chief, on Monday, as Republicans are ramping up efforts to confirm the president’s nominees.

The Senate has confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving President Donald Trump the first member of his Cabinet. The vote was unanimous.

Pam Bondi was pressed about the 2020 election and Trump's influence over the Justice Department, while Marco Rubio struck a more measured tone on the Russia-Ukraine war.

Republicans and Democrats were in talks to reach an agreement to allow swift confirmation of Marco Rubio as Donald Trump's secretary of state.

Also on Monday, Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, CIA director nominee John Ratcliffe and Homeland ... respectively. And Russell Vought, Trump’s pick to run the Office of Management ...

Others include John Ratcliffe for CIA director in the Intelligence Committee, Pete Hegseth for defense secretary in the Armed Services Committee, and both Russell Vought for White House budget ...

The fifth nominee to get a committee vote, Russell Vought for director of the White ... Services Committee in a 14-13 party-line vote. Mr. Ratcliffe and Ms. Noem fared better in their committee ...

The Senate Intelligence Committee also meets Monday to vote on the nomination of John L. Ratcliffe to be ... be Homeland Security secretary and Russell Vought to be director of the Office of ...

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing for Vought on January 15, 2025. Russell Vought's Senate confirmation hearing, January 15, 2025 The Senate Budget Committee held a confirmation hearing for Vought on ...

The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead America's premier spy agency and his second nominee to win Senate approval. Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Trump’s first term and is the first person to have held that position and the top post at the CIA.