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Feb 04

Watch 5:44
Senate committees clear path for confirmations of Gabbard and RFK Jr.

By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Schmitz

Two of President Trump’s most embattled nominees cleared major hurdles on their paths to confirmation. The Senate Finance Committee voted along party lines to send Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead Health and Human Services to the full Senate…

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Jan 31

Miss the confirmation hearings for Patel, Gabbard, RFK Jr.? Here are takeaways

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Conspiracy theories about vaccines. Secret meetings with dictators. An enemies list.

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Jan 30

Watch 4:23
National intelligence nominee Gabbard faces tough questions over Russia, Syria and Snowden

By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Sonia Kopelev

Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump's nominee for director of national intelligence, appears to be headed to a close vote in the Senate. Nick Schifrin reports on the questioning she faced in her confirmation hearing.

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Jan 30

Watch 3:35
Senators ask FBI director nominee Kash Patel about ‘enemies list’ and politicization

By Laura Barrón-López, Eliot Barnhart

Kash Patel, President Trump's choice to lead the FBI, faced sharp and at times bipartisan questioning during a hearing on Thursday. Laura Barrón-López reports.

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Jan 30

Watch 3:48
Republican senators express doubts about RFK Jr. in latest confirmation hearing

By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Schmitz, Taylor Bowie

In a make-or-break hearing, Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went before a second committee and it revealed Republican doubts about him. Lisa Desjardins reports on where lawmakers' support stands.

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Jan 30

Watch 7:55
National security experts share thoughts on concerns surrounding Gabbard and Patel

By Amna Nawaz, Shrai Popat, Ian Couzens

To discuss the confirmation hearings of Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence and Kash Patel to lead the FBI, Amna Nawaz spoke with two leading voices in the intelligence community, Frank Montoya Jr., a national security analyst and retired…

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Jan 30

WATCH: Tulsi Gabbard testifies at confirmation hearing for national intelligence director

By David Klepper, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

Gabbard, President Donald Trump's pick to be director of national intelligence, faced sharp criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike Thursday during a fiery confirmation hearing focused on her past comments sympathetic to Russia, a meeting with Syria's now-deposed leader and…

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Jan 30

WATCH: Kash Patel testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for FBI director

By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, Matthew Brown, Associated Press

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, insisted to deeply skeptical Democrats on Thursday that he did not have an “enemies list" and that the bureau under his leadership would not seek retribution against the president's adversaries…

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Jan 29

WATCH: Sen. Warnock presses RFK Jr. on past statements likening CDC to ‘Nazi death camp’

By Gabrielle Hays

During a confirmation hearing for Kennedy, President Trump's nominee for health and human services secretary, Warnock raised previous statements from Kennedy that likened the CDC to a Nazi death camp and child vaccination programs to abuse in the Catholic Church.

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Jan 29

WATCH: RFK Jr. commits to prioritizing funding for long COVID research

By Jackie Hai

Indiana Sen. Todd Young asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to commit to directing funding for long COVID research toward potential treatments and diagnostics if he were to be confirmed as health and human services secretary. "Absolutely, senator, with enthusiasm," Kennedy…

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