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Boston.com · 41m

Live updates: Three of President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks face Senate hearings

Three of President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks prepared to face skepticism and intense grilling from Democratic senators Thursday.

Senate Republicans push ahead on Trump budget pick Russell Vought

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate Budget Committee will move ahead on confirming President Donald Trump's pick for budget chief Russell Vought despite calls from top Democrats for a delay after an order halting all federal grants and loans.

Hosted on MSN · 8h

Senate GOP forges ahead with Trump’s budget pick amid funding freeze uproar

Senate Republicans who care about Congress’ spending authority aren’t going to oppose Russ Vought’s nomination to lead OMB as Democrats accuse the White House of curtailing lawmakers’ powers.

Lee Zeldin, Senate

Hosted on MSN · 20h

Senate confirms former NY congressman Lee Zeldin as Trump's EPA administrator

Zeldin, 44, is from New York. He served eight years in Congress and lost a race for governor in 2022. He is expected to push deregulation.

The New York Times · 18h

Senate Confirms Lee Zeldin to Head E.P.A.

The former New York congressman has little experience in environmental policy. He is expected to follow orders to weaken climate rules.

The Washington Post on MSN · 20h

Senate confirms Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency

Several Democrats voted in favor of Zeldin, a former lawmaker from New York who will oversee an agency tasked with protecting the environment and public health.

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Top Senate Intelligence Dem grills Gabbard if Edward Snowden is 'brave': 'Very troubling'

Democratic Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, who sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee, grilled Tulsi Gabbard on her previous ...

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Trump attorney general pick Pam Bondi wins Senate committee approval on party-line vote

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Justice Department, Pam Bondi, was approved in a party-line vote by the ...

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Scott Bessent wins Senate confirmation as US Treasury secretary

Three U.S. Army soldiers were onboard a BlackHawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington ...

Senate Judiciary Committee votes to advance Pam Bondi’s nomination as attorney general

Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is one step closer to being confirmed as the United States Attorney ...

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Senate votes to confirm Pete Hegseth as Trump’s new Defense Secretary

WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth on Friday as secretary of Defense, a win for President Donald Trump's ...

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Bob Menendez to be sentenced in gold bar bribery case that ended US Senate career

Former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez will be sentenced on Wednesday over his 2024 conviction for taking bribes including gold ...

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Three Contentious Trump Nominees Will Appear Before the Senate

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard, three of President Trump’s high-profile picks, on Thursday will make ...

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Senate confirms Pete Hegseth as defense secretary

The Senate on Friday night confirmed President Donald Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News personality, to ...

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Live: Fact-checking Senate confirmation hearings for Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Robert Kennedy Jr.

As the U.S. Senate confirmation hearings continue for President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, PolitiFact is live ...

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