President Trump's nominees for top posts in his administration are gearing up for their Senate confirmation hearings, which kicked off earlier this month.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump's pick to run the Department of Homeland Security, testified at a confirmation hearing before the Senate homeland security committee.Jan. 17, 2025

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 ...

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., delivered his opening statement at the confirmation hearing for Gov. Kristi Noem to serve as the head as the Department of Homeland Security. Paul knocked the department's ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. On Friday, Kristi Noem testified before lawmakers on Capitol Hill during confirmation hearings for her potential position as ...

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday by a 59-34 vote, putting the former South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national ...

WASHINGTON − South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem will be the new secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, the fourth of President Donald Trump's nominees to now be confirmed. Noem earned the ...

President Donald Trump's second White House is looking a lot like the inside of Mar-a-Lago, with extremely wealthy Americans taking key roles in his Republican administration.

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.

Senator John Kennedy questioned Russell Vought, co-founder of Project 2025, during the confirmation hearing for OMB director role, regarding his stance on combating fraud after revelations that $1.6 billion in federal payments were sent to dead people.

two more of Trump's picks for his Cabinet -- Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense and Kristi Noem as secretary of Homeland Security -- were sworn in to office on Saturday. Russell Vought ...