Washington — President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for top posts in his administration are gearing up for the Senate's confirmation process, which kicks off this week with more than a dozen ...

Democrats are insisting on delaying Gabbard’s confirmation hearing for director of national intelligence, saying they still don’t have the full slate of background checks, ethics disclosures ...

Catholic novelist Georges Bernanos wrote a screenplay about them, Dialogue of the Carmelites, but it was found unsuitable for film. After his death it became a play and, in 1957, an opera of the ...

As the first confirmation hearings for Donald Trump's new administration are set to start this week, the president-elect announced several new nominees Saturday who share one thing in common ...

Senate confirmation hearings set to begin this week are likely to reveal a defining trait uniting Donald Trump’s incoming Cabinet, regardless of their diverse political backgrounds and uneven ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is heading into a potentially explosive confirmation hearing Tuesday as senators question whether ...

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Catholic bishops have given tribal leaders a study looking at records from six Catholic boarding schools for Indigenous children in Washington state. Yakama Nation Tribal Council Chair Gerald ...

“Your confirmation as Secretary of Defense would be detrimental to our national security and disrespect a diverse array of service members who are willing to sacrifice for our country.

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SHREWSBURY — Catholic schools that are primarily subsidized by their parishioners will need the archbishop’s permission to hire teachers for the next school year. Parishes that dip into their ...

More confirmation hearings are expected after the new Republican Senate is sworn in on Jan. 3 and Trump is inaugurated on Jan. 20. Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune has said he wants to ...