The U.S. Senate has begun the process to confirm President-elect Donald Trump's picks for top spots in his upcoming administration this week. Committee hearings were supposed to kick off on Tuesday with Secretary of Veterans Affairs nominee Doug Collins,

As Donald Trump returns to the White House on January 20, Republicans will have a majority in the Senate. This means that his Cabinet nominees will likely face an easier path to confirmation, even for those who may have surrounded themselves with controversies.

Pete Hegseth became the new secretary of Defense on Friday after Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate. Three Republican senators joined all Democrats in voting no on the confirmation — Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski,

Veterans affairs secretary nominee Doug Collins pledged to be a fierce defender of the department’s workforce ... on Tuesday after President Donald Trump picked him to lead the agency.

Doug Collins ... Like many of Mr. Trump’s other cabinet selections, including Pete Hegseth, his nominee to oversee the Defense Department, Mr. Collins reflects the new president’s priorities ...

Doug Collins of Georgia is ... As President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Collins underwent a confirmation hearing before the Senate Veterans' Affairs ...

Trump’s administration is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that agencies develop plans to lay them off, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.

Back in 2016, Democrats were widely appalled by Donald Trump’s Cabinet ... Possible Issues: Bondi is a longtime Trump loyalist who served on his first impeachment defense team and publicly ...

President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Veterans Affairs ... by the president is to take care of our veterans,” Doug Collins told the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee ...

Doug Collins, President Trump ... appointments are through the community care system. Democrats now fear that more veterans seeking medical care outside the VA could pull funding away from ...

After the initial crush of personnel announcements for President-elect Donald ... the State Department, job, Rubio would oversee the U.S. foreign service, advise Trump on diplomatic appointments ...

The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth late Friday, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon.