Good afternoon and happy Wednesday, readers! All eyes were on the Senate as the upper chamber continued to consider a number of President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks, including former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin.

President Donald Trump said Duffy would use his past experience in Congress to help rebuild the country’s infrastructure and improve travel safety.

Sean Duffy sailed through his Senate confirmation vote to be transportation secretary, just before some of President Trump's more controversial nominees will be facing their confirmation hearings this week.

Americans deserve a clean environment “without suffocating the economy,” Lee Zeldin said during his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday to lead the Environmental Protection Agency ...

Duffy takes office as the White House orders a pause on some government grants and loans that could affect certain rail programs.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has moved to take up President Donald Trump’s nominees for EPA administrator and secretaries of Interior and Energy. Thune filed a motion to wind down debate on former Rep. Lee Zeldin for EPA, former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum for Interior and executive Chris Wright for Energy.

President Donald Trump's second White House is looking a lot like the inside of Mar-a-Lago, with extremely wealthy Americans taking key roles in his Republican administration.

More of President Donald Trump's picks for his cabinet are expected to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate in the coming days after the Republican-controlled chamber began approving them last week. Hearings for other nominees are scheduled for this week as well,

President Donald Trump said he’s signing an executive order to instruct the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare a 30,000-person migrant facility at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.

Zeldin has little experience heading an agency. Former U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, a Long Island Republican and President-elect Donald J. Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency ...

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced former U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) as his nominee for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on November 11, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate confirmation. The Senate Environment ...