President Donald Trump's attorney general nominee will have to navigate his confirmation hearing skillfully.
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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is expected to leave his position soon after William Barr is confirmed as attorney general.
The Senate Judiciary Committee says confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will begin on September 4.
Janet Yellen is submitting her resignation from the Federal Reserve board to President Donald Trump, announcing that she will leave the board when her successor Jerome Powell is sworn is as Fed chairman.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley says the Senate is aiming to confirm Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch before a two-week break that starts April 10.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate confirms billionaire investor Wilbur Ross as commerce secretary.
Sen. Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, is expected to outline his conservative priorities for the Justice Department in two days of confirmation hearings that opened Tuesday.
Congressional aides say Senate confirmation hearings for the candidates Donald Trump picked to run the CIA and Education Department are being delayed.