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The Senate advanced the nomination of Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary Thursday on a largely ...

At his confirmation hearing last week, the former combat veteran and Fox News host said he was “falsely accused” in the 2017 incident.

The confirmation process includes several rounds of investigation and review, beginning with the submission of a personal financial disclosure report and a background check. The nominee is then ...

Trump's nominees for secretary of State, attorney general, CIA director, Energy secretary and Transportation secretary went ...

Rubio appeared to be on a glide path to winning confirmation as secretary of state while Bondi looks poised to become the ...

In honor of Hoda’s last day on TODAY, Keith Morrison looks back on meeting Hoda Kotb from when she worked on NBC's Dateline and shares his first impression. "This is somebody different," he ...

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa introduced a package of legislation Tuesday seeking to move over a quarter of federal bureaucrats out of the Washington, D.C. area and address issues with remote ...