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- By trumpmuskreport
- . February 13, 2025
The Senate voted 72-28 on Thursday to confirm Brooke Rollins’ nomination to serve as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. All Republicans agreed to pass Rollins, but

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- By By Chelsea Cirruzzo Daniel Payne and Adam Cancryn
- . February 13, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now in charge of the nation’s health agencies. His plans to upend them could make Elon Musk’s budget-cutting spree look

RFK Jr. confirmed as Trump’s health secretary, over Democrats’ loud objections
- By Selena Simmons-Duffin
- . February 13, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during his confirmation hearing at the Senate Finance Committee on Jan. 29. The full Senate voted to confirm him as
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- By trumpmuskreport
- . February 13, 2025
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to lead the FBI, was voted out of committee along party lines on Thursday morning. The 12-10 vote
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- By trumpmuskreport
- . February 13, 2025
Speaker Mike Johnson is daring conservatives to sink his budget resolution, setting up a make-or-break moment in the House Budget Committee later today. The speaker

Sen. Ted Cruz’s list of ‘woke’ science includes self-driving cars and solar eclipses
- By Jonathan Lambert
- . February 13, 2025
The diamond ring effect as well as Bailey’s Beads are seen as the moon eclipses the sun on April 8, 2024, in Fort Worth, Texas.

Linda McMahon faces confirmation hearing. And, Trump, Putin agree to meet
- By Suzanne Nuyen
- . February 13, 2025
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Trump hired Musk as a ‘special government employee.’ Here’s what that means
- By Joe Hernandez
- . February 13, 2025
President Trump is joined by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and his son, X Musk, during an executive order signing in the Oval Office
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- By trumpmuskreport
- . February 12, 2025
The top appropriators of the House and Senate are still pursuing a bipartisan spending agreement ahead of the March 14 deadline to avoid a government

Dozens of CFPB workers are fired as the agency remains shuttered
- By Laurel Wamsley
- . February 12, 2025
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at a rally outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 10, 2025. Dozens of CFPB workers