Latest Government appointments and nominations News

The Latest: Three of President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks face Senate hearings

Jan. 30, 2025 14:34 PM EST

Three of President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks prepared to face skepticism and intense grilling from Democratic senators during their confirmation hearings Thursday. What we’re following: 1. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s second hearing: Kennedy will...

Justice Department drops criminal proceedings against Trump co-defendants in classified records case

Jan. 29, 2025 13:53 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Wednesday abandoned all criminal proceedings against the two co-defendants of President Donald Trump in the Florida classified documents case, wiping out any legal peril the pair could have faced. Trump valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago...

Montana Senate convening Ethics Committee to investigate its former president

Jan. 28, 2025 15:27 PM EST

The Montana Senate will conduct an ethics investigation into a $170,100 government contract brokered late last year by former Senate President Jason Ellsworth with his business associate. The Senate voted unanimously Monday to assemble a bipartisan Ethics Committee to investigate...

Hundreds of US visa appointments canceled in Colombia following spat with Trump over deportations

Jan. 27, 2025 18:54 PM EST

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Visa appointments at the U.S. Embassy in Colombia were canceled Monday following a dispute between President Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro over deportation flights from the U.S. that nearly turned into a costly trade war between the two...

Minnesota's high court will weigh intervening in a partisan struggle roiling the state Legislature

Jan. 22, 2025 18:28 PM EST

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday on whether it should wade into a partisan power struggle that has roiled the state House for over a week, with Democratic lawmakers boycotting the state Capitol to try to prevent their Republican colleagues from...

Republicans renew efforts to limit people in US illegally from census count

Jan. 22, 2025 00:06 AM EST

Republican efforts to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from numbers used to divvy up congressional seats among states have begun anew, with four Republican state attorneys general suing to alter the once-a-decade head count even before President Donald Trump’s second term in office began...

Migrants stranded when thousands of appointments to enter the US are canceled as Trump takes office

Jan. 20, 2025 21:24 PM EST

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — They came from Haiti, Venezuela and around the world, pulling small rolling suitcases crammed with clothing and stuffed animals to occupy their children. They clutched cellphones showing that after months of waiting they had appointments — finally — to legally enter the...

Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving Trump the first member of his Cabinet

Jan. 20, 2025 19:49 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on Inauguration Day. Rubio, the Republican senator from Florida, is among the least controversial of...

Trump names acting defense secretary with Hegseth not yet confirmed

Jan. 20, 2025 16:24 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has named an acting defense secretary because his choice to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has not yet been confirmed by the Senate. Robert Salesses, deputy director of the Pentagon’s Washington Headquarters Service, will fill in as...

Trump ends CBP One, a Biden-era border app that gave legal entry to nearly 1 million migrants with online appointments

Jan. 20, 2025 12:53 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump ends CBP One, a Biden-era border app that gave legal entry to nearly 1 million migrants with online appointments.