This is Swamp Notes, the weekly podcast from the FT News Briefing, where we talk about all of the things happening in US politics. I’m Sonja Hutson. And this week we’re asking: how far will Donald ...

Will the Senate GOP confirm controversial picks like Pete Hegseth and RFK Jr.? Here’s the hearings schedule and list of who’s ...

While it’s all but certain Trump allies can’t change the Constitution—modifying the 22nd Amendment—the president could try to ...

Without asking Bondi a direct question, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis attacked Democrats for asking Bondi whether she would support pardons for violent Jan. 6 rioters -- even after Bondi declined to ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee will host a confirmation hearing of President Trump’s FBI Director nominee Kash Patel on ...

A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a ...

Take the nomination of Pam Bondi for Attorney General, for example. Jason Pye is the vice president of Due Process Institute.

Facing federal criminal charges, former state Rep. Carolina Amesty has retained a well-connected lawyer to plead her case: Brad Bondi, the brother of U.S. Attorney General-nominee Pam Bondi, who if ...

The Senate may have to wait until the first week of February to confirm Pam Bondi as Attorney General.

Here are some of the actions Trump’s nominees could take on abortion, if confirmed, from HHS to the Justice Department.

On Monday, President Donald Trump took the oath of office to become the 47th president of the United States of America.