Senate Starts Confirmation Process for Trump’s Second-Term Judicial Nominees

Whitney Hermandorfer was the first of five nominees who answered questions during a hearing. The Senate Judiciary Committee on June 5 started the confirmation process for President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, after confirming more than 200 of Trump’s nominees during his first term. Senators questioned five nominees, beginning with Whitney Hermandorfer, a former clerk to

Trump and Musk trade insults and accusations as public feud intensifies

Washington — The relationship between President Trump and Elon Musk broke down in dramatic and public fashion on Thursday, with the president threatening to cancel Musk’s lucrative government contracts and Musk claiming that Mr. Trump could not have won the presidency without him, a feud that erupted over Musk’s opposition to Republicans’ tax and budget