Day: February 5, 2025

Former GOP leader McConnell falls while exiting Senate chamber after Turner confirmation vote

11:35 pm February 5, 2025

Former Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., fell on a small set of stairs on Wednesday as he was exiting the Senate chamber after a confirmation vote for Housing and Urban Development secretary nominee Scott Turner. McConnell, who is 82 years old and a survivor of childhood Polio, fell down the stairs and was quickly […]

Trump’s Small Business Administration nominee advances to Senate floor

11:33 pm February 5, 2025

The Senate’s Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee voted Wednesday by a 12–7 margin to advance the nomination of President Donald Trump’s pick for the Small Business Administration (SBA) administrator to the Senate floor. Kelly Loeffler, a prominent business executive and philanthropist who served as a senator from Georgia for two years, appeared before the committee […]

Senate tees up Trump budget chief pick Russell Vought for final confirmation vote

11:31 pm February 5, 2025

The Senate on Wednesday advanced President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Russell Vought, to a final confirmation vote. The cloture motion passed with a strictly party-line vote, 53-47. The entire Democratic caucus opposed Vought, as they promised to do. Republicans have backed Vought’s nomination and claim he is […]

You’re hired! Here’s who passed Congress’ Trump cabinet test and how stormy their hearings were

11:22 pm February 5, 2025

As of Wednesday, 11 of President Donald Trump‘s cabinet nominees have been successfully confirmed to their posts. While some, like Secretary of State Marco Rubio, sailed through, while others, like Attorney General Pam Bondi, saw their confirmation process marred with pointed confrontations and deep dives into their personal lives, as was the case for Defense […]

Trans lawsuit lobbed against Trump admin based on ‘faulty interpretations’: Legal expert

11:22 pm February 5, 2025

As LGBT advocates and medical organizations challenge the Trump administration’s ban on transgender treatments for minors, legal expert Sarah Marshall Perry of the Heritage Foundation warns that this lawsuit is just the “tip of the iceberg,” driven by “faulty interpretations,” with more legal battles expected in the coming months. “This is a $5 billion a […]

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