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Trump, Senate and Pam Bondi

Trump transition live updates: Pam Bondi grilled about Trump, 2020 election during Senate confirmation hearing

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

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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.

USA Today · 4h

Team Trump faces the Senate: Six top picks in confirmation hearings

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

Jim Justice, Senate and West Virginia

The Inter-Mountain · 9h

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 · 18h

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 · 7h

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,

Laken Riley, Senate

NBC Montana · 7h

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 · 15h

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.

The New Republic on MSN · 22h

Dems’ Surrender to Trump on Laken Riley Act Is About to Get Much Worse

The slow-motion surrender of some Democrats to President-elect Donald Trump on the Laken Riley Act was already looking pretty grim last week, when 48 House Democrats joined Republicans in supporting it.

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When will Pete Hegseth be confirmed? What to know about Senate confirmation votes, dates

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

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Marco Rubio scorns ‘postwar global order’ as ‘obsolete’ in Senate hearing

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) told senators the U.S. as a superpower is standing at a crossroads, and the “postwar global order is ...

Trump CIA pick Ratcliffe faces Senate questions on politicized intelligence

The Senate intelligence committee opened a confirmation hearing on Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be ...

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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 Democratic vote. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who met with Hegseth last week, ...

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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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Question on ASEAN stumped Hegseth at Senate hearing. What is it and why is it important?

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, grilling President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary over whether he had the “breadth ...

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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 ...

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