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We are living in the most dangerous world since World War II. John Ratcliffe, Scott Turner and Brooke Rollins have the skills and backgrounds needed to protect us from threats across the globe ...

President Donald Trump blasted rivals during his first televised interview since becoming the nation's 47th president on ...

The Senate has confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving President Donald Trump the first member of his Cabinet.

The Senate Banking Committee voted along party lines to approve Scott Turner’s nomination for Housing and Urban Development secretary. He previously served as the executive director of the White House ...

Scott Turner appeared on a podcast from Prestonwood Baptist, the Dallas-area megachurch he attends, to talk about his rise ...

10:00 a.m. - John Ratcliffe, CIA John Ratcliffe ... as key to establishing US energy dominance. 10:00 a.m. - Scott Turner, Housing and Urban Development Department Scott Turner, nominated to ...

Thursday marks another busy day of hearings for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees as his inauguration approaches. The ...

Texans have been tapped to run the CIA, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture.

Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump's picks for the Cabinet. Many nominees have met with senators ...

Mike Turner, R-Ohio, that he will no longer be ... Earlier Wednesday, Senate Democrats pressed former Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, Trump's pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, asking ...