“Ranking member Durbin, President Biden is the president of the United States. He was duly sworn in, and he is the president of the United States,” Bondi replied, avoiding a straightforward answer. “There was a peaceful transition of power; President Trump left office and was overwhelmingly elected in 2024.”
Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut cast doubt Tuesday on nominee Pete Hegseth’s ability to run the Department of Defense, pointing to claims of financial mismanagement when President-elect Donald Trump’s pick ran a pair of veterans’ groups.
Democrats grilled Russell Vought, who was tapped to be President-elect Trump’s next budget chief, for his ties to Project 2025 and the powers of the executive branch as senators weighed his nomination.
If confirmed, Mr. Vought will be at the center of President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to upend the federal bureaucracy.
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for White House budget director is declining to commit to doling out congressionally approved funds, specifically U.S. military aid to Ukraine.
Donald Trump's choice to oversee the federal budget, Russell Vought, defended the U.S. president-elect's goal of cutting spending by refusing to spend money that Congress has already authorized at a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Office of Management and Budget appeared on a glide path to confirmation following a Wednesday hearing, despite Democrats raising concerns over his policy beliefs and actions in the exact same job during the first administration.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.) questioned Pete Hegseth about his tenure at two military-related nonprofits, asserting they suffered financial setbacks under his leadership. Revenues at ...
There has never been a nominee for an office of such serious consequence who is so unqualified and unprepared in recent American history," said Blumenthal.
In May 2021, just six months after the rollout of the Covid vaccine, Robert F. Kennedy Junior tried to stop all coronavirus vaccinations in the U.S., the New York Times reports. Sen. Ed Markey joins to discuss that and more.
The General Services Administration is on a mission to downsize the federal government’s office space footprint, after taking a closer look at its real estate inventory. Its recently developed National Portfolio Plan takes stock of all federal buildings in need of upgrades,