(TNND) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily suspending all U.S. foreign assistance programs for 90 days pending reviews to determine whether they are aligned with his policy goals.
President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees for the Department of Justice, State Department and more sat for Senate confirmation hearings throughout the day Wednesday.
After taking the oath of office, Marco Rubio promised that every action taken by the State Department will be determined by the answers to three questions.
Rubio appeared to be on a glide path to winning confirmation as secretary of state while Bondi looks poised to become the nation’s top law enforcement official.
By contrast, Marco Rubio, nominee for secretary ... Sean Duffy for Transportation secretary and Russell Vought for Office of Management and Budget director. The nominees stuck close to Trump ...
Senator Rubio was once a rival to the president ... of transportation), and Russell Vought (director of the Office of Management and Budget) also had hearings scheduled with committees.
The picks — Pam Bondi for attorney general, Marco Rubio for secretary of ... Vought for director of the White House Office of Management and Budget — largely avoided the kind of fireworks ...
The second day of Senate confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet featured contentious exchanges, with nominees addressing concerns about their independence and policy priorities.
President Joe Biden gave a farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday evening ... including Sen. Marco Rubio to lead the State Department and Pam Bondi to serve as attorney ...
WASHINGTON – Last time Donald Trump won office, it was Sen. Marco Rubio asking the probing questions. The Florida Republican used his perch on the Senate foreign affairs panel to grill Trump ...
The Senate’s fight to confirm President-elect Trump’s Cabinet accelerates Wednesday, as half a dozen nominees head into their confirmation hearings. Committees will hear from