“Pete Hegseth will be the next Secretary of Defense,” declared Texas Republican Congressman Wesley Hunt, who endorsed the veteran commentator for the role, reaffirming his strong support for President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda and trust in his cabinet selections, while calling out GOP colleagues for “undermining” Trump’s vision and dismissing speculation about his candidacy.
President Joe Biden’s first nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Neera Tanden is in crisis control mode, reaching out to senators after her confirmation was harpooned by Sen. Bernie Sander’s (D-VT) tough line of questioning and Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) revealed “no” vote against her.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association released its Golden Globe nominations Monday and failed to find even a single female director worthy.
Conservatives groups launched a multimillion-dollar campaign on Monday to push the Senate to confirm President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, helping break the gridlock in the Senate so the White House can fill more than 100 vacancies on the federal bench.
WASHINGTON—The Senate confirmed over five dozen of President Trump’s executive branch nominations on Thursday before breaking for August recess, more than doubling the number of the president’s picks in place to implement his agenda.
WASHINGTON—In a development that’s likely to cause fits for President Barack Obama, the Senate Democrats’ next leader, Charles Schumer, told an 2007 audience — on video — that he wanted to block any Supreme Court nominations during the last 18 months of President George W. Bush’s presidency.
President Obama reacted to the controversy sweeping the Oscars after critics complained that not enough people of color were nominated this year for important categories.
