Vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr will be grilled by senators to decide his controversial bid to become US health secretary.

Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon is before the Senate on Thursday for her confirmation hearing to be secretary of education. CBS News White House reporter Willie James Inman reports on the hearing and the approval of White House buyout offers for federal employees.

The longtime vaccine skeptic and "MAHA" movement leader was confirmed earlier Thursday in a near-party line Senate vote.

Kash Patel, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the FBI, testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/ File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's pick to head the FBI,

Despite Democrats' calls for another hearing, President Trump's nominee for FBI director will now soon be up for a vote before the entire Senate.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines on Thursday to advance the nomination of Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director, pushing past Democratic concerns that he would

House Democratic leaders are urging their members to keep up a barrage of attacks against President Trump and Elon Musk when the chamber breaks for a week-long recess. Why it matters: Democrats are trying to reassure their grassroots supporters that they are in full resistance mode after being caught flat-footed by DOGE's shock-and-awe tactics in the first weeks of the Trump administration.

Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) went after President Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk in the first Delivering on Government Efficiency subcommittee hearing Wednesday, saying lawmakers

A legislative meeting on the national costs of overregulation quickly turned into a fight over President Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink the size and scope of