This presidential appointment requires Senate confirmation. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee typically holds the confirmation hearings for secretary of education nominees.

Democrat Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii faced mockery on social media on Thursday over her opening questions to Interior Secretary nominee Doug Burgum during his confirmation hearing. "As part of my ...

Lee Zeldin said Americans deserve a clean environment “without suffocating the economy” during his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a ...

Witnesses appeared Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify about Pam Bondi for her confirmation hearing to be the next U.S. attorney general. Watch the hearing in our player above.

Thank you for joining us for today’s hearing on Scott Bessent’s nomination to be the secretary of the Treasury. Here are our key takeaways: Exchange-rate moves, changing consumer preferences ...

Lee Zeldin, the former New York congressman tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is set to face his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday.

Confirmation hearings for US Treasury secretaries often set key markers for the nominee’s priorities and principles once in office, heightening focus on Thursday’s Senate Finance Committee ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of Defense, appears Monday during a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Andrew Harnik ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Energy is sworn-in during a Senate ...

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in ...

"We will collect intelligence — especially human intelligence — in every corner of the globe, no matter how dark or difficult," Ratcliffe said during his confirmation hearing Wednesday.