2025 Confirmation Coverage

Background: Here's who Trump has picked as Cabinet members and key advisers
Confirmation Hearings Schedule
*Times are set in Central Standard Time (CST)
Upcoming:
Previous:
Tuesday 1/14
- Pete Hegseth, Defense Secretary (CONFIRMED)
Post hearing coverage:
Pete Hegseth, Trump's defense secretary pick, grilled at contentious Senate hearing
Wednesday 1/15
Pam Bondi, Justice Department
Post hearing coverage:
Trump attorney general pick Bondi faces Democrats' questions about her independence
- Sean Duffy, Transportation Department (CONFIRMED)
Post hearing coverage:
Duffy commits to prioritizing safety on the roadways and in the air
- John Ratcliffe, CIA (CONFIRMED)
- Marco Rubio, State Department (CONFIRMED)
Post hearing coverage:
Marco Rubio draws bipartisan support at his Senate confirmation hearing
Chris Wright, Energy Department
Post hearing coverage:
Trump's energy secretary nominee faces questions over climate posts and LA fires
Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget
Thursday 1/16
Doug Burgum, Interior Department
Scott Turner, Housing and Urban Development Department
Lee Zeldin, Environmental Protection Agency
Post hearing coverage: Trump's pick for EPA administrator is Lee Zeldin. Here's what to know
Bondi, Day 2 before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
- Scott Bessent, Treasury Department (CONFIRMED)
Post hearing coverage: Trump's pick for Treasury Secretary is Scott Bessent. Here's what to know
Friday 1/17
- Kristi Noem, Homeland Security Department (CONFIRMED)
Post hearing coverage:Trump's Homeland Security pick pressed on domestic terrorism in hearing
Tuesday, 1/21
Doug Collins, Department of Veterans Affairs
Post hearing coverage: Doug Collins, Trump's nominee to lead the VA, vows to work across the aisle to help vets
Elise Stefanik, U.N. ambassador
Post hearing coverage: Trump's pick for U.N. ambassador is Elise Stefanik. Here's what to know
Wednesday, 1/22
9 a.m.: Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget
Thursday, 1/23
9 a.m.: Brooke Rollins, Agriculture Department
Wednesday, 1/29
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health and Human Services Department
Post hearing coverage: RFK Jr., Trump's health secretary pick, grilled about vaccines and abortion
Thursday, 1/30
Kash Patel, FBI
Post hearing coverage: Kash Patel is asked to explain incendiary statements in FBI head confirmation hearing
Thursday, 1/30
Tulsi Gabbard, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Post hearing coverage: Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's intel chief pick, grilled on Snowden, Russia and Syria