Rubio tells Senate committee the "top priority" of State Department will be U.S.
Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the State Department as secretary of state, is facing questions from his Senate colleagues on Wednesday morning in what is expected to be one of the least contentious confirmation hearings this week.
Takeaways from Senate confirmation hearings: Democrats grill Trump Cabinet nominee
Trump's nominees for secretary of State, attorney general, CIA director, Energy secretary and Transportation secretary went before Senate committees.
Live updates: Senate continues to hold confirmation hearings for key spots in Trump Cabinet
The Senate is holding more confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks ahead of his return to office on Monday.
The Latest: More of Trump’s Cabinet Picks Will Appear for Senate Confirmation Hearings
Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump’s picks for the Cabinet. While many are rapidly gaining support for their confirmation, the remaining still have to go before the committees overseeing the agencies Trump wants them to run.
Watch live: Senate holds confirmation hearings on Trump’s Cabinet picks
Many of Trump's Cabinet picks have met with senators individually. Now, they will go before the committees overseeing the agencies that Trump wants them to run.
Trump's House GOP allies demand swift confirmation of Cabinet picks amid delays
A group of House Republicans is writing to senators urging them to confirm President-elect Trump's Cabinet nominees swiftly amid multiple delays from the opposition.
I Can't Believe Any of This Is Going to Be in the Congressional Record for All Time
It was a rough and rowdy day in the committee rooms of the United States Senate on Wednesday, as a cabal of Cabinet nominees faced their confirmation hearings.
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Lame duck Congress ended without mine permitting reform bill pushed by NV lawmakers
A bipartisan effort to give mining companies more legal rights to federal lands and speed up the permitting process did not ...
Top Senate Intel Democrat ‘flabbergasted’ by removal of GOP House Intelligence chair
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Thursday said he was “flabbergasted” by the ...
Marco Rubio scorns ‘postwar global order’ as ‘obsolete’ in Senate hearing
A veteran of the Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio is widely seen as one of Trump's least controversial Cabinet picks and is ...
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Marco Rubio on a smooth path to Senate confirmation as next secretary of state
Marco Rubio drew bipartisan support among Senate Foreign Relations Committee members at Wednesday's hearing and appears ...
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Committees of the 119th Congress
John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be CIA director, testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Mr. Ratcliffe previously served as DNI in the ...
Virginia Foxx to be only woman leading House committees in 119th Congress
Virginia Foxx, 81, was tapped to serve as the chairwoman of the House Rules Committee, becoming the only woman to lead a ...
Pennsylvania Senate announces new committee chairs
Four freshman senators have been tapped to serve in leadership roles on the state Senate’s standing committees for the ...