Kennedy Jr. spent much of today's Senate confirmation hearing clarifying or walking back some of his most controversial positions. Unlike other jobs we're confirming around this place, this is ...

One more of President Donald Trump's Cabinet picks will face a Senate committee this week on their road to confirmation while two others wait for their next step. Jamieson Greer, Trump’s pick ...

While Trump's Cabinet nominees play to their audience of one, it’s Democrats’ responsibility to play to the audience that really matters here: the American people. On Tuesday, Pete Hegseth ...

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Former Georgia Rep. Doug Collins will appear before the U.S. Senate Veterans’ Affairs committee for his confirmation hearing on Tuesday. The Senate committee originally scheduled for Collins ...

Needed to win Needed to win Notes: Confirmation requires a simple majority of voting senators. The Ohio Senate seat previously held by Vice President JD Vance is vacant. Ahead of his confirmation ...

The first item on the Senate’s Trump nomination agenda appears sure to be the confirmation of one of their own. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., had a relatively easy confirmation hearing at the ...

who will question Stefanik during her confirmation hearing on Tuesday before ... those issues and overwhelming critical of the body as bias against Israel, a view shared by some Democrats.