The Senate confirmed former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum in a bipartisan fashion to lead President Donald Trump’s Department of Interior Thursday evening. Senators overwhelmingly approved Burgum’s ...

former GOP congressman from Georgia Doug Collins. Amid the slew of confirmation hearings that have taken place, Hirono has been unafraid to poke and prod about nominees' sex lives, and at one ...

“Governor Burgum submitted his paperwork to the ... Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing for former U.S. Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia, whom Trump plans to nominate for VA secretary, and an ...

Mazie Hirono was the only lawmaker on the Senate's Veterans’ Affairs Committee to oppose the confirmation of President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, ...

Doug Burgum’s hearing, which had been scheduled ... Trump announced in November that he had selected the former Georgia congressman to lead the VA.

The former U.S. congressman from Georgia and U.S. Air Force Reserve veteran received just one "no" vote in committee, Hawaii Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono. Doug Burgum is a former two-term governor ...

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Here's a look at the schedule for Senate hearings set so far, in Eastern time: 9 a.m.: Doug Collins, Department of Veterans Affairs The former Georgia ... 10 a.m.: Doug Burgum, Interior Department ...

Doug Collins (R-Ga ... of withholding aid from Ukraine in exchange for political favors. Representing Georgia’s 9th Congressional District from 2013 to 2021, Collins served as vice chair ...