Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy, and Linda McMahon are expected to have their senate confirmation hearings next week to join President Trump's cabinet. One cabinet pick, Sen. Rubio, has been confirmed as the Secretary of State by the US Senate by unanimous consent.
This is part of Hello, Trumpworld, Slate’s reluctant guide to the people who will be calling the shots now—at least for as long as they last in Washington.
Will the Senate GOP confirm controversial picks like Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr.? Here’s the hearings schedule and list of who’s been confirmed.
The email came from an aide to Tulsi Gabbard specializing in military affairs. “Conversation Request,” read the subject line of the October 2017 inquiry to a physicist at the Massachusetts ...
Senators will hold a hearing next week to question former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence—the latest controversial Trump cabinet ...
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President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as his nominee for director of national intelligence on November 13, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate confirmation. The Senate Intelligence Committee held a ...
More hearings have been scheduled for Trump’s Cabinet nominees, marking a significant week ahead for some of his more controversial picks.
Here's a closer look at Trump's cabinet, and who actually had some sort of experience in politics prior to their nomination.
Democrats, as the minority party, have helped confirm Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe in bipartisan votes to Trump’s national security team within days of his return to the White House. But Democrats gravely opposed to Hegseth have little power to stop him, and instead have resorted to dragging out the process.
Amusingly, the Senate confirmation hearings have been exposing who seems “terrified of strong women.” (Spoiler alert: It isn’t Republicans.)