The Senate held confirmation hearings Thursday for several key picks for President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, including Scott Bessent for treasury secretary and Lee Zeldin to ...

The Tasmanian government expects advice by the end of the month on whether its new Spirit of Tasmania ferry will be leased in Europe for two years while its home port is built. Spirit IV was ...

Democrat Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii faced mockery on social media on Thursday over her opening questions to Interior Secretary nominee Doug Burgum during his confirmation hearing. "As part of my ...

Witnesses appeared Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify about Pam Bondi for her confirmation hearing to be the next U.S. attorney general. Watch the hearing in our player above.

Bondi vowed to lead an apolitical DOJ but offered few details of her reforms. Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee Pam Bondi vowed she would remove politics from the Department of Justice ...

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, said she accepted the results of the 2020 election that Trump lost to President Joe Biden but suggested during a confirmation hearing Wednesday ...

WASHINGTON — Six of President-elect Donald Trump's big-office nominees faced Senate confirmation hearings Wednesday, previewing a parade of policy and political fights that will define his ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of Defense, appears Monday during a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Andrew Harnik ...

It is an extraordinary challenge." Rubio is likely to sail through the confirmation process to become the nation's top diplomat. He received a warm reception from members of the Senate Foreign ...

A number of President-elect Trump's choices for his second-term Cabinet have seen their scheduled confirmation hearings postponed, with Senate committees citing outstanding documents. Hearings for ...

In a Senate confirmation hearing that often turned to discussion of Israel, Marco Rubio voiced his view that the United States should revoke the visas of any “supporter of Hamas” in the country.

WASHINGTON — Once a bitter critic of President-elect Donald Trump, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida headed into his first Senate hearing Wednesday as nominee for secretary of State.