Half a dozen nominees of President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees are in front of Senate committees for confirmation hearings Wednesday. The list includes former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Trump’s nominee for attorney general;

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, survived an at times contentious hearing while declining to say if Joe Biden won the 2020 vote.

Democrats grilled Russell Vought, who was tapped to be President-elect Trump’s next budget chief, for his ties to Project 2025 and the powers of the executive branch as senators weighed his ...

The Senate’s confirmation hearing of Russell Vought, one of Washington’s staunchest advocates for cutting spending, offered a preview Wednesday of the bruising spending wars likely to consume ...

President-elect Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, faced questions on Capitol Hill. He was pressed about plans to exert greater power over government ...

Russell Vought testifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on his second nomination to be OMB director, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2025. (Photo by JEMAL COUNTESS/AFP via Getty Images) Making a bid for his ...

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 refused to

Russell Vought defended plans to review whether a president can withhold approved spending. Democratic senators on Wednesday pressed President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Office of ...

Trump's nominees for secretary of State, attorney general, CIA director, Energy secretary and Transportation secretary went before Senate committees.

Four other Trump nominees faced Senate confirmation hearings Thursday: White House budget director nominee Russell Vought, who indicated plans for major spending cuts; John Ratcliffe for head of ...

John Ratcliffe for CIA director; Chris Wright for energy secretary; and Russell Vought for director of the White House Office of Management and Budget — largely avoided the kind of fireworks ...