Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, poses for a photo with Cabinet picks, other nominees and appointments, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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.

If confirmed again as White House budget director, Russell Vought would likely do more than oversee spending, policy and regulations. Vought, a co-author of Project 2025 who served as budget ...

Russell Vought defended plans to review whether a president can withhold approved spending. Democratic senators on Wednesday pressed President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Office of ...

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

This week’s Senate’s confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s first wave of Cabinet-level nominees got off to an uncharacteristically smooth start, as Trump’s picks flexed their loyalty to ...

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

Agriculture Department: Gary Washington, a career official who currently serves as the USDA’s chief information officer. Brooke Rollins, a former Trump administration official, is currently awaiting confirmation to be the department’s secretary and will testify at hearing on Jan. 23.

After President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office and Congress concludes the inaugural pageantry and the post-inauguration lunch on Monday, the Senate will get back to work. The first ...

In Senate committee hearings this week, President-elect Donald Trump’s selections for Cabinet positions spoke authoritatively on culture war issues like curtailing DEI initiatives and ending the ...

The Senate will begin voting on President-elect Donald Trump’s top nominees in the coming week, with Republicans hoping Democrats will cooperate to confirm at least one on Inauguration Day.