Latest news and live updates as the Trump administration prepares for office next week. Follow live as Senate confirmation ...

Marco Rubio, R-Fla., had a relatively easy confirmation ... of the incalculable human toll of these fires. While we can’t stop every fire, smart changes to policy will help prevent fires ...

He said that the Trump administration should also cut discretionary spending, but didn't identify where those cuts should be made. In response to Sen. Mike Crapo’s, R-Idaho, question ...

By Steve Benen As nominees for a cabinet position prepare for the Senate ... former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R), among others. In an item published ...

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is widely expected to have one of the smoothest confirmation hearings among President-elect Trump’s Cabinet picks on Wednesday. Yet in a reasonable world, his record of ...

although many don’t have an opinion about the people he’s selected for his Cabinet. However, one of Trump's more controversial nominees, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is still broadly popular with ...

Duffy, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the Transportation Department, had a light day Wednesday compared with some other Cabinet picks ... “I don’t think safety is a partisan ...

Trump’s pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency is John Ratcliffe, who formerly served as Director of National ...

The Trump cabinet is taking shape as Republicans rush to confirm key nominees, but Democrats are raising concerns about some ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees ... Jack Reed (D-R.I.), the top Armed Services Democrat. Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi likely won’t see confirmation until the week after ...

President Donald Trump met with a small contingent of the most politically endangered House Republicans as the party ...

Here’s where things stand on the rest of Trump’s Cabinet ... that hasn’t changed the minds of most Republicans. “I am still a firm yes,” said Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ...