The Senate Intelligence Committee approved Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence in a private vote Tuesday, sending her to the full Senate floor for consideration. While the panel vote represented a major hurdle, her confirmation by the full Senate still isn’t certain. She can only afford to lose three Republican votes, if all Democrats […]
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The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Department of Veterans Affairs with broad support from Democrats. Former Rep. Doug Collins, a Georgia Republican who played a key role in defending Trump in his first impeachment, received a 77-23 vote. Only Democrats opposed the nominee, who will now inherit an agency that […]
Sen. Todd Young said Tuesday he will support Donald Trump’s embattled nominee for director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, improving her chances of confirmation. Facing a wave of political pressure from Trump allies to back Gabbard, Young “engaged in extensive conversations” with Vice President JD Vance in which he sought written assurances about Gabbard’s perspective […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard’s confirmation chances are coming down to a trio of publicly uncommitted Republican senators who have the power to sink their nominations in committee votes Tuesday. Sen. Bill Cassidy is the sole wildcard on the Senate Finance Committee, which will decide whether to advance the HHS secretary nominee at […]
Two Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee said Monday they’ll support Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence. The backing by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) for Gabbard ahead of a committee vote Tuesday is a positive sign for the embattled nominee following a rocky confirmation hearing last […]
Chris Wright, the Denver-based fracking CEO tapped by President Donald Trump to lead the Energy Department, was confirmed to the role by the Senate Monday evening. Senators voted 59-38 to confirm Wright, including support from some Democrats, despite opposition to his nomination from environmental groups and their party’s leadership in the Senate who criticized his […]
Elon Musk worked at breakneck speed over the weekend to wipe out the U.S. Agency for International Development. His allies got access to the Treasury’s payments system. His aides reportedly locked out government employees from their computer systems that hold sensitive data. And President Donald Trump is OK with it — for now. “He’s a […]
Rep. Melanie Stansbury wants to lead her party’s fight against Elon Musk’s attempts to transform the entire federal government, an exercise that will largely be focused on messaging and rhetorical counter-programming. The New Mexico Democrat is the new chair of the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, also to be called DOGE — the […]
The new House subcommittee designed to complement the work of Elon Musk has named its first target: the nonprofit news media. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s “Delivering on Government Efficiency” Subcommittee — or DOGE, mimicking its Musk-run analogue, the Department of Government Efficiency — is asking the leaders of PBS and NPR to […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries issued a key demand Monday as a March 14 government funding deadline approaches, saying President Donald Trump’s recent federal spending freeze “must be choked off” as part of any bipartisan deal to keep the government open, “if not sooner.” The ultimatum, detailed in a letter to House Democrats, is a […]