Donald Trump, Senate and Cabinet

Senators are working into the evening hoping to confirm Trump’s first Cabinet nominees
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators returned to the Capitol Monday for a late-evening session pushing ahead on President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, with voting possible to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio as the nation’s secretary of state on Inauguration Day.
Marco Rubio Unanimously Confirmed by Senate as Donald Trump’s Secretary of State
Marco Rubio has been confirmed by the Senate as the country’s next secretary of state. The nomination of the senior senator from Florida, 53, was confirmed on Monday, Jan. 20, hours after Donald Trump took the oath of office as the 47th president.
Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving Trump the first member of his Cabinet
The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on Inauguration Day.
Rubio breezes through Senate confirmation vote, becomes first Latino secretary of State
Marco Rubio was overwhelming confirmed by the Senate as secretary of State to Donald Trump. He becomes the global face of Trump's foreign policy.
Rubio confirmed as secretary of state, becoming first member of 2nd Trump Cabinet
The Senate voted unanimously to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio's as secretary of state on Monday, making him the first member of President Donald Trump's second Cabinet.
US Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of state
The U.S. Senate on Monday unanimously confirmed Republican Senator Marco Rubio, a China hawk and staunch backer of Israel, as President Donald Trump's secretary of state. The Senate backed Rubio by a vote of 99-0,
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Trump heads back to the White House and he’s taking these Texans with him
Texans have been tapped to run the CIA, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture.
Trump CIA pick Ratcliffe faces Senate questions on politicized intelligence
The Senate intelligence committee opened a confirmation hearing on Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be ...
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Trump Says He Will Release JFK, RFK, MLK Assassination Records
President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday he will release the assassination records of three prominent figures on the 1960s.
Trump’s pick for CIA chief pledges not to let politics skew intelligence findings
John Ratcliffe, Trump’s choice for CIA director, promised senators he would not inject partisan politics into the spy ...
Trump says he will quickly release JFK, Robert Kennedy, MLK assassination files
President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he would release classified documents in the coming days related to the ...
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Trump loyalist John Ratcliffe sails through CIA director confirmation hearing
WASHINGTON − John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, said he plans widespread reforms at the nation’s premiere spy agency at his nomination hearing Wednesday ...
Trump's CIA pick is expected to sail through confirmation. That wasn't always the case.
Although John Ratcliffe isn't expected to face major difficulties being confirmed, there’s still concern about his place at ...
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Trump returns to office and kickstarts ambitious and controversial agenda
Donald Trump has returned to office as the 47th president of the United States. His second term kickstarts an ambitious, and controversial, agenda that will bring mass deportations, aggressive tariffs ...
Trump CIA Pick John Ratcliffe: 'We're Not Where We're Supposed to Be'
Ratcliffe identified China as the U.S.'s greatest geopolitical rival as he testified before the Senate on Wednesday.
Trump’s strong hint of coming CIA covert action against Mexican drug cartels
President Donald Trump strongly hinted that the United States will engage in violent action against the most powerful drug ...