Sen. Lisa Murkowski is opposing the nomination of Pete Hegseth to be President Donald Trump's Defense secretary.

From clemency to conservation, the outgoing president pushes to cement his legacy ahead of a successor determined to erase it.

But moving those nominees across the Senate floor will be no easy feat. It took two months to confirm the 15 department heads who made up President Joe Biden’s Cabinet. In 2017, Trump did not have his Cabinet in place until April 27, or three months after his inauguration.

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The Senate confirmation hearings for Trump’s second-term nominees have revealed a dramatic departure from the first term, indicating that the second Trump administration will have a more

Shortly before leaving office, President Joe Biden preemptively pardoned several people he said could be unfairly prosecuted during the Trump administration.

Donald Trump will become the oldest person ever sworn in as president at age 78 and will be older than President Joe Biden when his second term ends.

Some of Donald Trump's picks for his cabinet are expected to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate this week after the chamber held more than a dozen confirmation hearings last week. More hearings for other nominees are scheduled for this week.

The heads of the Jan. 6 committee say they're grateful for the decision by President Joe Biden to pardon them “not for breaking the law but for upholding it.”

Trump is now the president again. He has promised a historically busy Inauguration Day.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took his second oath of office Jan. 20 as the 47th president of the United States, offering an agenda heavily foreshadowed by his campaign promises. Speaking from inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda because of the subfreezing temperatures, Trump said, "The golden age of America begins right now."

Where he failed President Joe Biden succeeded, securing not just $1.2trn but the very sorts of “Buy American” requirements Mr Trump envisioned. But as Mr Biden lamented recently to USA Today, he never got much credit for the law because “It didn’t have any immediate impact on people’s lives.