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Senate Confirmation

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CISA Nominee Sean Plankey Withdraws After Yearlong Senate Stalemate

The withdrawal leaves the civilian cyber agency without a confirmed leader during a period of budget pressure.

Trump Nominates Michelle Park Steel as U.S. Ambassador to South Korea

Report: Trump Privately Recasts Deportation Drive to Target 'Bad Guys'

Fetterman Joins GOP to Advance Mullin’s DHS Nomination After 8–7 Committee Vote

BLM Nominee Steve Pearce Rejects Large Land Sales at Senate Hearing

Trump Nominates Delaware North’s Scott Socha to Lead the National Park Service

Tillis Vows to Block Warsh’s Fed Nomination, Stalling Trump’s Pick

Trump Nominates Kevin Warsh to Lead the Fed as Rate-Cut Debate Intensifies

Leo Brent Bozell III Sworn In as U.S. Ambassador-Designate to South Africa

Trump Delays Fed Chair Announcement to Early 2026, Touts Kevin Hassett as Favorite

White House Confirms Kellogg Will Leave Ukraine Envoy Post in January

Senate Confirms Joe Kent as National Counterterrorism Center Director in 52-44 Party-Line Vote

Senate Confirms Olivia Trusty to Secure GOP Majority on FCC

Kathleen Sgamma Withdraws Nomination to Lead Bureau of Land Management

Mike Huckabee Confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to Israel in Party-Line Senate Vote

Elbridge Colby Confirmed as Pentagon’s Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

Matthew Whitaker Confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to NATO

Jamieson Greer Confirmed as U.S. Trade Representative

Trump Considers Loyalists for Attorney General Role