Marco Rubio faced a much friendlier crowd during his Senate confirmation hearing. Pam Bondi got some tough questions.

First lady Jill Biden expressed her disappointment with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a new interview with The Washington Post, providing rare public comments about the fractured relationship between her husband, Joe Biden, and Pelosi following the president’s departure from the 2024 race.

Roger Wicker is hardly anyone’s idea of a far-right bomb thrower. When he opened the Senate Armed Services Committee’s confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Defense, he wore a lapel pin with the Ukrainian and U.S. flag on it.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – It’s the second day of confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees on Capitol Hill. Secretary of State nominee Florida Senator Marco Rubio and the nominee for attorney general Pam Bondi are scheduled Wednesday.

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Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, survived an at times contentious hearing while declining to say if Joe Biden won the 2020 vote.

Ex- Fox News host Pete Hegseth called for the return of “American warriors” in his opening statement as he is grilled by the Senate ahead of his likely confirmation as Defense Secretary. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

NBC’s Hallie Jackson joins TODAY with an analysis of Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing and breaks down upcoming hearings for other nominees for President-elect Trump’s cabinet, including Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state,

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Pam Bondi was pressed about the 2020 election and Trump's influence over the Justice Department, while Marco Rubio struck a more measured tone on the Russia-Ukraine war.