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 second term.
Pam Bondi, Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, sought to reassure Democratic senators Wednesday that her Justice Department would not prosecute anyone for political purposes but also refused to rule out the potential for investigations into adversaries of the Republican president-elect.
Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, who had been seen as a key Republican skeptic of Pete Hegseth’s nomination to lead the Defense Department, said she will support him after his performance at Tuesday’s confirmation hearing.
Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department received a friendly response from Republicans as Democrats questioned his past remarks and character.
The 45th president will soon become just the second-ever president to serve non-consecutive terms.
Pete Hegseth will try to convince members of the Senate Armed Services Committee he should be the next secretary of defense.
Many have met with senators individually. Now, Trump’s picks will go before the committees overseeing the agencies that he wants them to run.
Country music star Carrie Underwood will perform “America the Beautiful” at Donald Trump’s inauguration next week and the 1970s hitmakers Village People will perform at two inaugural events.
Melania Trump says she’s packed and ready for the move back into the White House next week.
President-elect Donald Trump’s remark that Canada should become the 51st state has drawn condemnation and a patriotic outburst from a former Canadian prime minister who offered blunt advice to the incoming U.S. leader: “Give your head a shake!”
An FBI background check for Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, was transmitted late Friday to the leading members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the report.
In an interview with NBC News, Homan also acknowledged that people without criminal records may get caught up as “collateral arrests” in mass deportation raids.
The longest inaugural address was almost two hours, top hats and full morning dress used to be required, and not every president was sworn in with a bible.
During the meeting at Mar-a-Lago, Trump described Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as a “fantastic woman… she’s really taken Europe by storm.”
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has had a contentious relationship with Donald Trump in the Washington Post. But things appear to have changed in recent months.
The country’s roughly 40 million federal student loan borrowers should brace for change when President Joe Biden exits office toward the end of the month.
President-elect Donald Trump says he’s planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter.
