Washington — Sen. Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the State Department as secretary of state, is facing questions from his Senate colleagues on Wednesday morning in what is expected to be one of the least contentious confirmation hearings this week. Rubio, who has extensive foreign policy experience, is likely to sail through
Washington — Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general who represented President-elect Donald Trump during his first impeachment, is appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday as she seeks confirmation to serve as the nation’s top law enforcement officer. “America will have one tier of justice for all,” Bondi said in her opening statement.
Washington — John Ratcliffe is appearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday as he seeks to lead the CIA in the second Trump administration. Ratcliffe, a former Texas congressman, served as director of national intelligence in the final months of President-elect Donald Trump’s first term. At that time, Trump initially picked Ratcliffe to lead
Supreme Court to review Texas age verification law for porn sites Supreme Court to review Texas age verification law for porn sites 00:42 Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday is weighing states’ efforts to require pornography websites to verify their visitors’ ages amid a surge of laws that proponents say are aimed at protecting
Pam Bondi, President-Elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Justice, plans to tell the Senate Judiciary committee that “partisan weaponization of the Department of Justice will end,” if she is confirmed as Attorney General, according to her opening statement obtained exclusively by CBS News. “America must have one tier of justice for all,”
President Biden is delivering his farewell address to the nation at 8 p.m. Wednesday, five days before he passes the mantle of the presidency to his predecessor and his successor, President-elect Donald Trump. It will be Mr. Biden’s fifth and final formal address from the Oval Office. Six months ago, in his last primetime speech
Washington — Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general who represented President-elect Donald Trump during his first impeachment, is set to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday as she seeks confirmation to serve as the nation’s top law enforcement officer. Trump selected Bondi to be his nominee for U.S. attorney general after his