Trump’s pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency is John Ratcliffe, who formerly served as Director of National Intelligence in Trump’s first term. His confirmation hearing took place last week, during which he repeatedly said he would not hire or fire employees based on their political views.

WASHINGTON — Amid the whirl of orders Donald Trump issued in the early hours of his presidency, one was conspicuous in its absence: new tariffs on Canada and Mexico. Trump had pledged to impose 25% tariffs on both countries on Day One of his presidency to pressure them to keep migrants and drugs out of the United States.

The new Trump cryptocurrency has MAGA world astir, Biden’s FTC chair issues a warning about “surveillance pricing,” and JD Vance’s political muse speaks out — all in this week’s Tuesday Tech Drop.

A slate of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees have appeared before senators in recent days for key hearings on their road to confirmation. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was the first to be confirmed,

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

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Some of Donald Trump's picks for his cabinet are expected to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate this week after the chamber held more than a dozen confirmation hearings last week. More hearings for other nominees are scheduled for this week.

Agriculture Department: Gary Washington, a career official who currently serves as the USDA’s chief information officer. Brooke Rollins, a former Trump administration official, is currently awaiting confirmation to be the department’s secretary and will testify at hearing on Jan. 23.

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 Trump is tapping a number of officials to serve as acting department heads as he waits for the Senate to confirm his Cabinet nominees. While some acting heads will only serve for a short

Majority Leader John Thune appears to be making good on his threat to keep senators in town to confirm a trio of President Donald Trump’s nominees.

Bipartisan S. 4127 Antisemitism Awareness Act passed (320-91), as dissenting Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) made clear: “Speech that is critical of Israel alone does not constitute unlawful discrimination. By encompassing purely political speech about Israel into Title VI’s ambit, the bill sweeps too broadly, ” (in an April 30 hearing).