By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-15 12:57:16 | Updated at 2025-01-15 16:22:06
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The Senate is holding a marathon confirmation hearing day with six of Donald Trump's nominees facing a Capitol Hill grilling on Wednesday.
The day kicks off in the Senate Judiciary Committee with a hearing for Trump's pick to lead the Department of Justice, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Next up is Sen. Marco Rubio who Trump nominated to be Secretary of State. As a sitting Senator from Florida he doesn't have far to go for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
John Ratcliffe, Trump's pick to lead the CIA, and former Wisconsin Rep. and Fox News host Sean Duffy will take questions in his bid to become the next Transportation Secretary.
Follow all the developments at DailyMail.com's live blog
A tick tock of the Senate's marathon confirmation hearing day
9:30 AM: Trump Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi at the Senate Judiciary Committee
10:00 AM: Trump Secretary of State nominee Sen. Marco Rubio at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Trump CIA Director nominee John Ratcliffe at the Senate Intelligence Committee
Trump Energy Secretary nominee Chris Wright at the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Trump Transportation Secretary nominee Sean Duffy at the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
1:00 PM: Trump White House Budget Director nominee Russell Vought at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Exclusive:Trump's CIA director will take a 'wrecking ball' to transgender lectures and pride events at Langley
A lecture by the highest ranking transgender officer in the armed forces; a celebration of Loving Day and sessions on 'equity assurance training.'
A trove of flyers obtained by DailyMail.com from serving CIA officers lays bare the extent of the agency's 'diversity, equity and inclusion' work triggering fresh accusations that it is being distracted from its core job of protecting Americans from foreign threats.
But Trump transition insiders say those concerns will be tackled head on by John Ratcliffe, who is the president-elect's pick to lead the agency, and who will be grilled by senators about his plans on Wednesday.
Kristi Noem’s won’t face Capitol Hill questioning on Wednesday as confirmation hearing is delayed
By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter
The confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security is postponed.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was slated to have her confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday.
It was rescheduled for Friday, at the same time.
The switch-up in schedule, according to reports, is 'due to a delay on the FBI background check for Governor Noem.'
Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of the Interior, former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is also facing a two-day postponement for his hearing due to delayed paperwork.
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