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.
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.
Trump's outsider Cabinet picks are rapidly gaining support for confirmation
One by one, all the president-elect’ s men, and women, are falling into place in his Cabinet . While Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth's nomination was teetering toward collapse just weeks ago, he now appears on track for confirmation after a fiery Senate hearing that focused on his drinking,
Pam Bondi, Marco Rubio, and more of Trump’s Cabinet picks appear for their confirmation hearings
Wednesday’s hearings also include Sean Duffy for the Transportation Department, John Ratcliffe for the CIA, Chris Wright for the Energy Department, and Russell Vought for the Office of Management and Budget.
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.
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 ...
No. 2 Senate Democratic leader will back Rubio for secretary of State
Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.) on Monday announced that he will vote for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to become 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 ...
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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 ...
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Scutari shuffles Senate committee chairs, leadership posts triggered by Pou vacancy
Senate President Nicholas Scutari is shuffling some committee chairmanships and leadership positions after Nellie Pou ...
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.