User’s Manual: Why some Trump nominees could be confirmed with a voice vote – and why some could not
The Senate will likely have a few Cabinet nominees who are relatively non-controversial. In the interest of time, senators could agree to expedite the process and confirm an individual nominee or several nominees by voice vote or unanimous consent. As long as there are no objections among all 100 (currently 99) senators. This speeds things up in the Senate, where ...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says his country ‘never’ plotted to assassinate President-elect Trump and affirmed that ‘we never will.’ Pezeshkian made the statement during an interview with NBC News’ Lester Holt on Tuesday in Tehran. U.S. intelligence authorities had stated that Iran was exploring an attempt on Trump’s life prior to Election Day. ‘This is another one of those schemes ...
Conservatives erupted on social media Tuesday following an exchange between Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth and freshman Sen. Tim Sheehy regarding gender identity. ‘How many genders are there?’ the Montana senator asked Hegseth on Tuesday. ‘Tough one.’ Hegseth responded, ‘Senator, there are two genders.’ ‘I know that well, I’m a Sheehy, so I’m on board,’ Sheehy responded, referencing the ...
CIA nominee John Ratcliffe is telling senators on Wednesday about how he’ll reshape the intelligence community in what he calls ‘the most challenging national security environment in our nation’s history.’ Ratcliffe, who served as director of national intelligence during President-elect Trump’s first term, is testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee. The committee will then vote on his nomination before a ...
More than half of Americans say that President Biden will be remembered as a below-average or one of the worst presidents in the nation’s history, according to a new national poll. Just over a third of adults nationwide questioned in a Marist poll released on Wednesday said Biden will be remembered as one of the worst presidents in American history, ...
President Biden is set to deliver his farewell address to the nation Wednesday evening as he closes out four years in the White House. Biden will deliver the address at 8 p.m. ET from the Oval Office, having earlier Wednesday published a farewell letter to the country. ‘Four years ago, we stood in a winter of peril and a winter ...
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team tapped a former senior health official from Trump’s first administration and an ally to top Trump loyalist, Harmeet Dhillon, to be Health and Human Services Secretary-nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s chief of staff, a new report indicated Monday. Heather Flick, a lawyer who previously served in multiple top roles at the Health and Human Services ...
President Biden’s 11th-hour executive action banning new drilling and further oil and natural gas development in coastal waters in the name of protecting the environment could end up causing harm to the environment, according to experts who spoke to Fox News Digital. Earlier this month, Biden announced the ban will affect more than 625 million acres of U.S. coastal and offshore ...
A Democrat senator admitted Tuesday that he would support Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s confirmation again if the vote was held today despite Austin’s many controversial actions and repeatedly grilling Trump’s SecDef nominee Pete Hegseth over his qualifications earlier in the day. Would you vote for Lloyd Austin if there were a vote on him today?’ Fox News Digital asked ...
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President-elect Donald Trump’s pre-emptive tariff threat several weeks ago against the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, among others) who want to usurp the U.S. dollar as the global currency was a prescient and powerful move. But as night follows day, a BRICS leader – China – immediately counter-punched: denying ...