Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump’s picks for the Cabinet. Many nominees have met with senators individually. Now, they'll go before the committees overseeing the agencies Trump wants them to run.

Pam Bondi was pressed about the 2020 election and Trump's influence over the Justice Department, while Marco Rubio struck a more measured tone on the Russia-Ukraine war.

Latest news and live updates as the Trump administration prepares for office next week. Follow live as Senate confirmation hearings continue for attorney general pick Pam Bondi.

Ms Bondi’s rise has brought her far from Temple Terrace, the city where she grew up on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Her father, a teacher, was the mayor. While an undergraduate at the University of Florida she considered becoming a paediatrician. But she went to law school, and an internship at the state prosecutor’s office in Tampa sealed the deal.

Ratcliffe, director of national intelligence for the final months of Trump’s first term, goes before the Senate Intelligence Committee. The former Texas congressman is in line to lead the nation's premier spy agency, responsible for foreign covert operations and collecting data on U.S. adversaries.

U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan shared a personal story explaining his support for the Republican nominee for the U.S. Secretary of Transportation. President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Wisconsin representative Sean Duffy to lead the department.

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, survived an at times contentious hearing while declining to say if Joe Biden won the 2020 vote.

Long before Sean Duffy was nominated Department of Transportation secretary, Duffy was a reality star, who appeared on various channels including MTV.

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, sought to reassure Democratic senators Wednesday that her Justice Department would not prosecute anyone for political purposes but refused to

Trump's nominees for secretary of State, attorney general, CIA director, Energy secretary and Transportation secretary went before Senate committees.

Six of President-elect Donald Trump's nominees will face tough questions in multiple Senate confirmation hearings Wednesday.

As Senate confirmation hearings begin, here's the latest on who in the Trump administration has, will or doesn't need to be approved.