This is Swamp Notes, the weekly podcast from the FT News Briefing, where we talk about all of the things happening in US politics. I’m Sonja Hutson. And this week we’re asking: how far will Donald ...

Democrats, as the minority party, have helped confirm Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe in ...

President Donald Trump has kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and ...

Kash Patel, Howard Lutnick, David Sacks, Michael Whatley and others leave the Capitol.

The Senate Intelligence Committee has scheduled a hearing to review the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to serve as director of ...

Some of President Donald Trump’s most controversial executive branch nominees are set to appear before Congressional ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation hearing for secretary of Health and Human Services will take place next week. Kennedy will testify before the Senate Finance Committee, which oversees HHS on Jan.

The nominations process for President Donald Trump's appointees is picking up pace, with some confirmed by the Senate and ...

Loeffler is a top donor to Trump who served for a time as a U.S. senator from Georgia. She was appointed to the seat by Gov.

Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, is expected to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on ...