Michigan's U.S. senators voted in committee against Trump's picks to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, and White House budget office, Russell Vought.

Pete Hegseth and other appointees of President-elect Donald Trump headed to the Senate this week for hearings. In particular Hegseth – tapped by Trump to lead the Department of Defense – faced scrutiny.

From the moment he rode down that golden escalator in Trump Tower nearly a decade ago, Donald J. Trump reshaped the nation’s politics — and he continues to do so today with his hodgepodge of Cabinet picks that includes billionaires and media darlings, eccentrics, and rhetorical bomb-throwers.

Several staffers with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) are heading for the exits before President-elect Trump takes office, two sources familiar with the matter told The Hill, amid concerns that the incoming administration plans to prioritize loyalty and upend government agencies.

Trump's nominees for secretary of State, attorney general, CIA director, Energy secretary and Transportation secretary went before Senate committees.

After a Tuesday hearing with Trump's defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth ... join Burgum on the National Energy Council.1 p.m.: Russell Vought, Office of Management and BudgetVought, OMB ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) put the procedural wheels in motion to confirm embattled secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth by the end of the week. Senate Republicans are

President Trump’s most controversial cabinet pick is one step closer to taking office. The nomination of Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense was voted out of the Senate Armed Services Committee on party lines,

Trump’s Pentagon pick has denied the allegations, calling them part of a ‘smear campaign.’

The Senate has confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving President Donald Trump the first member of his Cabinet. The vote was unanimous.

Republicans and Democrats were in talks to reach an agreement to allow swift confirmation of Marco Rubio as Donald Trump's secretary of state.

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced former director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought as his nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget on November 22, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate ...