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

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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.

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,

President-elect’s picks for attorney general and secretary of state, Pam Bondi and Marco Rubio, among those facing senators on Wednesday

During a wild and tense exchange on Tuesday, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) spent nearly 10 minutes hammering an evasive Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth for cheating on his past wives and engaging in drunken behavior on the job.

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.

A confirmation hearing is scheduled for Marco Rubio, one of two Florida political leaders nominated for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet. But a similar hearing for Pam Bondi cannot be scheduled until the completion of an FBI background check.

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.

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, made her case to senators Wednesday on Capitol Hill. Meanwhile, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio answered questions from his own colleagues on his nomination to be Trump's secretary of state,

Pam Bondi refused to acknowledge President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden in her Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. attorney general on Wednesday, intensifying Democratic concerns that the former Florida attorney general would be a rubber stamp for the White House.