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Mar 10

WATCH: Senate confirms Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump’s nominee for labor secretary

By Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press

The Cabinet position puts her in charge of enforcing federally mandated worker rights and protections at a time when the White House is trying to eliminate thousands of government employees.

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Feb 26

WATCH: Elon Musk talks about DOGE cost-cutting efforts in Trump’s first Cabinet meeting

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

Elon Musk took a star turn at the first Cabinet meeting of President Donald Trump's new term, holding forth in a black “Make America Great Again” campaign hat on Wednesday about his role as “humble tech support” for the federal government — and…

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Feb 26

Trump announces Zelenskyy visit to sign deal on Ukraine’s minerals

By Aamer Madhani, Hanna Arhirova, Justin Spike, Associated Press

President Donald Trump said that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the White House on Friday.

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Feb 26

Jamieson Greer confirmed as Trump’s top trade negotiator

By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

Greer is a veteran of President Donald Trump's first-term economic battles with China, Mexico and Canada.

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Feb 26

WATCH: Trump touts ‘gold card’ immigration visa at Cabinet meeting with Elon Musk

By Associated Press

“If we sell a million, that’s $5 trillion dollars,” President Donald Trump said during the first meeting of his second-term Cabinet, suggesting that the new revenue generated for federal coffers could be used to pay off the country’s debt.

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Feb 13

WATCH: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sworn in as Trump’s secretary of health and human services

By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in Thursday as President Donald Trump’s health secretary after a close Senate vote, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the…

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Feb 13

WATCH: McMahon says Trump would involve Congress in plan to close Education Department

By Erica R. Hendry

Education secretary nominee Linda McMahon said in her confirmation hearing Thursday that President Donald Trump "understands we will be working with Congress" on plans to change or eliminate the Department of Education.

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Feb 13

WATCH: McMahon confirmation hearing ‘a very elegant gaslighting,’ Sen. Hassan says

By Hannah Grabenstein

Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., told Linda McMahon on Thursday that her confirmation hearing felt “surreal,” given the fact that President Donald Trump intends to eliminate the Department of Education, which he has tapped McMahon to head.

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Feb 13

WATCH: Sen. Murray asks McMahon what she’ll do ‘if Elon Musk tells you not to spend money’

By Hannah Grabenstein

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., questioned Linda McMahon on Thursday about the spending of congressionally appropriated funds in her confirmation hearing for education secretary.

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Feb 13

Senate confirms Brooke Rollins as Trump’s agriculture secretary as tariffs and deportations loom

By Matt Brown, Scott McFetridge, Associated Press

Conservative lawyer Brooke Rollins was confirmed Thursday as secretary of agriculture, placing a close ally of President Donald Trump into a key Cabinet position at a time when mass deportation plans could lead to farm labor shortages and tariffs could hit agricultural exports.

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