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The Latest: Pam Bondi, Trump’s pick for attorney general, appears for a Senate confirmation hearing

Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump’s picks for the Cabinet. Many nominees have met with senators individually. Now, they'll go before the committees overseeing the agencies Trump wants them to run.

Reuters · 5h

Trump CIA pick Ratcliffe to face Senate questions on politicized intelligence

The Senate intelligence committee holds a confirmation hearing on Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be CIA director, John Ratcliffe, a former Republican lawmaker who was accused of using intelligence for political ends as the nation’s top spy during the incoming U.

The Boston Globe · 1h

Watch live: Senate holds confirmation hearings on Trump’s Cabinet picks

Many nominees have met with senators individually. Now, they will go before the committees overseeing the agencies that Trump wants them to run.

Pete Hegseth, Senate Armed Services Committee

Hosted on MSN · 15h

Hegseth emerges from tough Senate hearing with confirmation vote on track

Senate Republicans are expressing optimism that Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Pentagon, earned the support he needs to be confirmed after he emerged mostly unscathed from his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.

USA TODAY on MSN · 5h

Assault allegations, women in combat: Takeaways from Hegseth confirmation hearing

WASHINGTON − Senators pressed Pete Hegseth on his alleged history of heavy drinking, shifting views on women in the military, and his treatment of women in a wide-ranging and often combative confirmation hearing on Tuesday to assess if he is up to the job of Secretary of Defense.

U.S. News & World Report on M… · 17h

The Five Biggest Moments From the Pete Hegseth Senate Confirmation Hearing

Pete Hegseth’s Senate confirmation hearing was full of contentious moments as the nominee for defense secretary faced stiff questioning over his controversial past.

Jim Justice, Senate and West Virginia

The Inter-Mountain · 6h

Jim Justice officially sworn in for United States Senate seat

One day after turning the keys to the Governor’s Mansion over to Patrick Morrisey, Jim Justice was sworn in to begin his six-year term in the U.S. Senate Tuesday. Justice took his oath of office Tuesday afternoon in the U.

Charleston Gazette-Mail · 15h

West Virginia’s former governor Justice takes Senate oath of office

Jim Justice, former governor of West Virginia, took the oath of office for the Senate Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. A former billionaire whose family businesses include coal mines and the operation of The Greenbrier resort,

WFXR Roanoke on MSN · 4h

West Virginia’s US Senator Jim Justice sworn into office

West Virginia now has a new Senator representing the state on Capitol Hill. Senator Jim Justice (R-WV) was officially sworn in Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Justice is one of 52 Republican Senators in the 119th Congress,

Senate, Laken Riley

NBC Montana · 4h

Sheehy co-sponsors Laken Riley Act in Senate

A new bill before lawmakers in Washington, D.C., aims to crack down on illegal immigration with new federal enforcement for certain offenders.Montana's new U.S.

LA Times on MSN · 12h

The Senate is considering the Laken Riley Act. Here's what it would do

The bill would require immigration officers to detain immigrants who are suspected of minor theft and cede some federal immigration enforcement power to states.

Newsweek on MSN · 1d

Full List of Senators Who Voted Against Advancing Laken Riley Act

Ten senators voted against further debate on the Laken Riley Act, which would mandate ICE detention of undocumented immigrants charged in some crimes.

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Trump transition live updates: Senate confirmation hearing underway for Pam Bondi

Live updates on the Trump transition ahead of next week's inauguration. Follow the latest as Senate confirmation hearing ...

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Rubio to pitch foreign policy credentials to Senate as he vies to become America's top diplomat

Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to face questions from his colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at his ...

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Judgment Day: Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth survives grilling by Senate Democrats, ‘confirmation assured’ predict Republicans

Hegseth needs only 50 of the 53 Senate Republicans to vote for him to be confirmed, and it’s even possible he may pick up a ...

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Senate immigration bill aims to overturn Supreme Court precedent in a sea change for legal system, experts say

Anti-immigrant state officials and federal judges would have new power to dictate immigration enforcement– including whether ...

Trump nominees Pam Bondi, Marco Rubio and more face Senate grilling today

President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees for the Department of Justice, State Department and more will sit for Senate ...

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Noem awaits confirmation for DHS role. What to know about the Senate confirmation process

Kristi Noem's time as the veritable CEO of South Dakota is drawing to a close, and the next chapter in her political story is ...

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Two Gulfport students selected for US Senate Youth Program

The United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) announced that two Mississippi high school students from Gulfport will join Sen. Roger Wicker and Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith ...

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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 ...

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