Mock hearings, last-minute deals and primary threats helped move controversial nominees through the Senate.

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Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education, attends a hearing of the Health, Education, and ...

When broken down by party, all of Trump's Cabinet picks have at least 50 percent favorable ratings among Republicans. Gabbard (50 percent) and Hegseth (51 percent) have the lowest positive ratings ...

A Massachusetts woman who told police that she went to the US Capitol to kill members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet said she was influenced by Luigi Mangione, the man charged with fatally ...

US President Donald Trump’ s most controversial Cabinet nominees Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel faced tough questioning during her confirmation hearings. Tulsi Gabbard is ...

Jack Straw was photographed alongside Yvette Cooper – a past home secretary with the current one ... when the future Cabinet trooped in and it was full of people with big personalities and ...

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A person arrested at the Capitol on Monday, armed with knives and Molotov cocktails, was targeting Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and other Republican officials, according to court filings.