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Trump transition live updates: Pam Bondi grilled about Trump, 2020 election results during Senate confirmation hearing

Live updates on the Trump transition ahead of next week's inauguration. Follow the latest as Senate confirmation hearing continue for the incoming administration.

USA Today · 5h

Team Trump faces the Senate: Six top picks in confirmation hearings

Senators will grill Trump's choices to lead the Justice, State, Transportation and Energy departments,as well as the CIA and the top budget office.

KDFW · 4h

Watch live: More Trump Cabinet picks to face Senate hearings today

Ratcliffe, director of national intelligence for the final months of Trump’s first term, goes before the Senate Intelligence Committee. The former Texas congressman is in line to lead the nation's premier spy agency, responsible for foreign covert operations and collecting data on U.S. adversaries.

Jim Justice, Senate and West Virginia

The Inter-Mountain · 10h

Jim Justice officially sworn in for United States Senate seat

One day after turning the keys to the Governor’s Mansion over to Patrick Morrisey, Jim Justice was sworn in to begin his six-year term in the U.S. Senate Tuesday. Justice took his oath of office Tuesday afternoon in the U.

Charleston Gazette-Mail · 18h

West Virginia’s former governor Justice takes Senate oath of office

Jim Justice, former governor of West Virginia, took the oath of office for the Senate Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. A former billionaire whose family businesses include coal mines and the operation of The Greenbrier resort,

WFXR Roanoke on MSN · 8h

West Virginia’s US Senator Jim Justice sworn into office

West Virginia now has a new Senator representing the state on Capitol Hill. Senator Jim Justice (R-WV) was officially sworn in Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Justice is one of 52 Republican Senators in the 119th Congress,

Laken Riley, Senate

NBC Montana · 8h

Sheehy co-sponsors Laken Riley Act in Senate

A new bill before lawmakers in Washington, D.C., aims to crack down on illegal immigration with new federal enforcement for certain offenders.Montana's new U.S.

LA Times on MSN · 16h

The Senate is considering the Laken Riley Act. Here's what it would do

The bill would require immigration officers to detain immigrants who are suspected of minor theft and cede some federal immigration enforcement power to states.

Newsweek on MSN · 1d

Full List of Senators Who Voted Against Advancing Laken Riley Act

Ten senators voted against further debate on the Laken Riley Act, which would mandate ICE detention of undocumented immigrants charged in some crimes.

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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Rubio to pitch foreign policy credentials to Senate as he vies to become America's top diplomat

Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to face questions from his colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at his ...

Mediaite on MSN2h

WATCH: Marco Rubio Senate Hearing Interrupted Multiple Times By Protestors

Marco Rubio's hearing was briefly interrupted by protesters, with the senator touting he gets "bilingual protesters" after ...

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‘I don’t have to say anything’: Pam Bondi dodges 2020 election question at Senate hearing

Pam Bondi refused to say President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden in her Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. attorney general on Wednesday, intensifying Democratic ...

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Judgment Day: Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth survives grilling by Senate Democrats, ‘confirmation assured’ predict Republicans

Hegseth needs only 50 of the 53 Senate Republicans to vote for him to be confirmed, and it’s even possible he may pick up a Democratic vote. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who met with Hegseth last week, ...