Three of President Donald Trump’s most controversial Cabinet nominees faced sharp questions in the Senate during hearings Thursday from Democrats as well as several Republican senators in what amounted to the most direct skepticism from GOP senators over Trump’s nominees to date.
Should Kennedy gain confirmation, he would oversee HHS’s $1.7 trillion budget and hold influence over the foods and drugs that affect the daily lives of Americans.
The messages showed that F.B.I. investigators took normal bureaucratic steps and precautions when opening an extraordinarily sensitive inquiry into Mr. Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
Other polls have shown that Trump has topped his approval ratings since his first term. Gallup's most recent poll showed that Trump's approval rating currently stands at 47 percent, up from 45 percent at the beginning of his first term.
In the early days of Trump's second term, a handful of Democratic senators have voted in line with him more often than not.
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, is insisting to deeply skeptical Democrats that he did not have an “enemies list” and that the bureau under his leadership would not seek retribution against the president’s adversaries or launch politically motivated investigations.
Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's pick to be director of national intelligence, has faced tough questions from lawmakers during a fiery confirmation hearing Thursday.
As the U.S. Senate confirmation hearings continue for President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, PolitiFact is live fact-checking the hearings for FBI
Patel is a controversial nominee, having long raged against the so-called Deep State and prioritized his loyalty to Trump.
To achieve the big agenda he’s laid out for his second term, President Donald Trump is leaning heavily on the unilateral powers he wields as the head of the executive branch of government. But for anything requiring or having to do with money,
The resolution was defeated 21-14 after a trio of Senate Democrats denounced the culture of law-breaking and dehumanization they attributed to Trump.