The Senate must confirm Donald Trump's cabinet picks before those individuals can begin their first day in office. Here's a ...

The Senate Intelligence Committee has scheduled a hearing to review the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to serve as director of national intelligence.  The Jan. 30 hearing comes after Democrats ...

Former Georgia Rep. Doug Collins was back before members of the U.S. Senate for the next step in the confirmation process to ...

Pete Hegseth must be approved by the GOP-led Senate Armed Services Committee before he can go before the full Senate for ...

Opposition to prospective nominees, along with time-consuming Senate rules, will slow floor action despite the Republican ...

Latest news and live updates as the Trump administration prepares for office next week. Follow live as Senate confirmation ...

Even though Trump has not officially been inaugurated, the Senate can confirm cabinet members before his Oath of Office.

The Senate is kicking off confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees this week, with a slew of his ...

Senators will grill Trump's choices to lead the Justice, State, Transportation and Energy departments,as well as the CIA and ...

Other hearings will be scheduled in the days and weeks ahead, too. If the prospective nominees are approved by the respective Senate committees that have oversight over their departments ...

U.S. Sen. Jim Justice made his debut as West Virginia’s junior senator Wednesday questioning Department of Energy cabinet ...