He shaped Catholic doctrine for centuries, arguing for faith based on reason and science, and offering five logical 'proofs' ...

Lori Chavez-DeRemer as his nominee for secretary of labor on November 22, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate confirmation. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee ...

Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., left, speaks as Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., right, listens at the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to ...

Bondi vowed to lead an apolitical DOJ but offered few details of her reforms. Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee Pam Bondi vowed she would remove politics from the Department of Justice ...

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WASHINGTON — Once a bitter critic of President-elect Donald Trump, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida headed into his first Senate hearing Wednesday as nominee for secretary of State.

Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio drew bipartisan support among Senate Foreign Relations Committee members at a hearing Wednesday and appears headed for confirmation under President-elect ...

While touching on issues plaguing the Middle East, Latin America and eastern Europe, Rubio focused much of his five-hour Senate confirmation hearing warning that without swift and substantive ...

Chris Wright, the oil industry CEO tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Department of Energy, is set to face his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday. As the CEO of the Colorado ...

Marco Rubio’s confirmation hearing begins a new chapter in the political career of the 53-year-old Florida Republican, whose relationship with Trump has evolved over the last decade. Once rivals ...

But today we learned only one thing: after decades of smash mouth Senate confirmation hearings, they’ve become all but useless as a vetting exercise or a check on presidential power. Little that ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis sits on the bench before an NFL football game against the ...