During the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Wednesday, Committee Chair Rand Paul (R-KY) confronted Markwayne Mullin, who is testifying as the nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), over comments Mullin previously made regarding Paul and an assault the Kentucky senator suffered in 2017.
President Donald Trump’s nominee for Education Secretary Linda McMahon passed the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Thursday morning.
The confirmation hearing for Trump’s Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon was interrupted several times by protesters who screamed about transgenderism and other left-wing causes.
Trump’s Department of Education (DOE) has seen a burst of early victories since Jan. 20 and ahead of Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon’s confirmation hearing on Thursday morning.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) voted on Wednesday with Democrat colleagues against confirming Tulsi Gabbard as the Director of National Intelligence.
Conservative leaders on Monday wrote to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-TX), urging Congress to confirm FTC Commissioner nominee Mark Meador, who will be a strong advocate for “strong, yet targeted” antitrust and consumer protection enforcement.
Sen. Josh Hawley asked Kennedy if he would reinstate a policy from Trump’s first term barring providing taxpayer funding for NIH research programs that uses human fetal tissue derived from the body parts of aborted babies.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during his confirmation hearing that he will support Trump’s pro-life policies and study the safety of the abortion pill.
Attorney general nominee Pam Bondi’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing is delayed one week, according to a committee’s notice on Monday.
Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Tuesday he plans to expedite U.N. ambassador nominee Elise Stefanik’s confirmation to the Senate floor.
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday advanced the nomination of Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth to the full Senate, bringing him closer to being confirmed.
Treasury nominee Scott Bessent opened his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee with powerful attacks on the radical left by defending the value of tariffs and nuclear energy.
The law has been a flashpoint in the abortion debate during the Biden administration, with the DOJ using the law to almost explicitly go after pro-life advocates.
Padilla attempted to pick apart Energy Secretary nominee Chris Wright over climate change during a confirmation hearing on Wednesday morning.
Russ Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to direct the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is a “crucial” appointment, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.
Democrat senators exposed the “mismanagement of the Pentagon” during Pete Hegseth’s hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.
Pundits on social media gave Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi fabulous reviews during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing Wednesday.
The confirmation hearing for Trump’s Energy Secretary pick Chris Wright was interrupted at least five times within the first hour by raging, left-wing climate activists.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) stuck her foot in her mouth while trying to attack Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth during his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday.
The confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Veterans Affairs, former Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), has been delayed to January 21.
President-elect Donald Trump reaffirmed his complete support for Pete Hegseth, his nominee for secretary of Defense, ahead of Hegseth’s confirmation hearing on Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
An anti-woke super PAC is launching a seven-figure ad blitz in five states to support President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Defense Pete Hegseth, Breitbart News has learned.
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), the ranking member and soon-to-be chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, spoke glowingly of President-elect Donald Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth, after their meeting Wednesday.
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for FBI Director, Kash Patel, unofficially begins his confirmation process with a firm footing.
A rift is emerging among the incoming Senate Republican majority due to President-elect Donald Trump’s push for recess cabinet appointments.
Donald Trump Jr. tweeted “pedophiles must be rejoicing at the prospect” of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, nodding to one of the most contentious topics in Jacksons hearing: her past alleged leniency in child porn offender cases.
Durbin delivered a lengthy defense of Jackson in reference to GOP senators’ questions about her work representing a member of the Taliban.
Cruz said, “Civil commitment laws across the country would be struck down, releasing sexual predators” if her previous views were enacted.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said on Monday at the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson that the court is an intricate part of upholding the rule of law in the United States.
Far-left media invoked the “QAnon” conspiracy theory after Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) exposed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s “pattern of letting child porn offenders off the hook for their appalling crimes.”
Democrats in the media exploded at Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) for exposing President Joe Biden’s judicial nominee’s criminal history.
Eleven Republican senators have demanded Tuesday a second confirmation hearing for nominee Vanita Gupta due to “her misleading statements, and for her refusal to respond to our written questions.”
President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Securities and Exchange Commission indicated Tuesday that he would likely support new rules to force corporations to disclose their political spending activities, disclosure workforce diversity, and tighten disclosures around climate change, policies that would make businesses more susceptible to political pressure from the left.
The U.S. Senate has confirmed former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D), President Joe Biden’s nominee, to serve as secretary of energy.
Rep. Deb Haaland, nominated to run the Interior Department, defended joining protesters at the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota.
Mike Pence’s chief of staff and the president of Catholic Vote warned against potential Democrat anti-Catholic bias during Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is calling on the Senate to postpone the confirmation hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, calling it both “irresponsible and dangerous to move forward with a hearing” following the news of two members of the Judiciary Committee, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), testing positive for the novel coronavirus.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) is receiving dismal reviews from the usually-friendly liberal California media for her performance Thursday at the Senate Judiciary Committee during the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) made a major admission during the effort he and fellow Democrats made to stop Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing Tuesday, noting that rather than Kavanaugh’s record, President Donald Trump is his main concern.
Barach Obama’s former DOJ attorney, Vanita Gupta, said at an anti-Kavanaugh protest on Tuesday that the Supreme Court nominee is a threat to civil and human rights.
