The Senate Thursday evening advanced President Donald Trump's nominee to head the Department of Energy to a final confirmation vote. The vote was 62-35. Chris Wright, the CEO and founder of ...

In his confirmation hearing for FBI director on Thursday, Kash Patel presented himself as a man of experience, fairness, and devotion to civic duty. In the hours he spent in the room before the ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee adjourned the confirmation hearing for Patel with ... Patel said he witnessed the president issue a declassification order for "a number of documents" but said ...

By Steve Benen Headed into Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first Senate confirmation hearing, many observers expected the longtime conspiracy theorist to face tough questions about his many outlandish ...

Three of President Trump’s cabinet picks were facing Senate confirmation hearings Thursday ... challenge of President Trump’s executive order directing the government to recognize only ...

AP Given thin Republican margins in the Senate, she will need almost all GOP senators to vote yes in order to win confirmation. Sen. Tom Cotton, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee ...

Kash Patel’s confirmation hearing was expected to be a slugfest, but so far, Democrats have had trouble laying a glove on him. They’ve posed tough question about his activities as a MAGA ...

Lankford told reporters later Thursday he was “kind of surprised” by Gabbard’s response about Snowden during her confirmation ... cause to a judge in order to obtain a warrant?” ...

WASHINGTON — There is growing concern in political circles that Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination for director of national intelligence could be in serious trouble after a confirmation hearing this ...

Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard following their confirmation hearings this week, two sources familiar with the situation told CNN. Kennedy, Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and ...

A number of Republicans emerged from Gabbard’s confirmation hearing this week appearing concerned and unimpressed with her answers on Edward Snowden, government surveillance and her ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s choice to helm the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will testify Thursday morning before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor ...