Confirmation hearings
Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a confirmation hearing Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in Juneau, Alaska. Taylor was appointed attorney general by Gov. Mike Dunleavy but his appointment is subject to legislative approval. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
Virus response top topic in Alaska attorney general hearing

By Becky Bohrer Mar. 24, 2021 09:42 PM EDT

President Joe Biden’s Cabinet and Cabinet-level picks. (AP Graphic)
Biden Cabinet near complete but hundreds of jobs still open

By Alexandra Jaffe Mar. 23, 2021 12:13 AM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks after meeting with leaders from Georgia's Asian-American and Pacific Islander community, Friday, March 19, 2021, at Emory University in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Biden Cabinet near complete but hundreds of jobs still open

By Alexandra Jaffe Mar. 22, 2021 05:17 PM EDT

Xavier Becerra testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination to be secretary of Health and Human Services on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
Becerra confirmed to shepherd Biden's ambitious health plans

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Mar. 18, 2021 02:04 PM EDT

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency nominee Michael Regan, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP)
Senate confirms Fudge to lead housing agency, Regan for EPA

By Mary Clare Jalonick And Matthew Daly Mar. 10, 2021 01:18 PM EST

In this Feb. 27, 2021, photo, President Joe Biden speaks on the economy in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Biden took office promising to move quickly to restore and repair America’s relations with the rest of the world. Yet one major nation has yet to see any U.S. effort to improve ties, and that's China. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Biden brings no relief to tensions between US and China

By Matthew Lee Mar. 03, 2021 06:02 AM EST

President Joe Biden’s Cabinet and Cabinet-level picks. (AP Graphic)
Senate confirms Raimondo as Biden commerce secretary

By Kevin Freking Mar. 02, 2021 02:57 PM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, Education Secretary nominee Miguel Cardona testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate has confirmed him as Education Secretary on March 1. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)
Senate confirms Cardona as Biden's education secretary

By Collin Binkley Mar. 01, 2021 06:17 PM EST

Maine Senate taking up more than 50 nominations

Feb. 25, 2021 04:11 PM EST
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Senate confirmation votes Thursday evening mark the first time all the senators have gathered together since December. ...

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Feb. 24, 2021 05:44 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Feb. 24 The Democrat &...

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2021 file photo, Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden's nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), testifies during a Senate Committee on the Budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says she'll vote against confirming President Joe Biden’s nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget. Collins' announcement Monday throws Tanden's confirmation further into doubt. On Friday, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia became the first Democratic lawmaker to oppose Tanden’s confirmation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
A look at how Biden's Cabinet nominees fared Tuesday

By Ashraf Khalil Feb. 23, 2021 05:50 PM EST

This photo provided by Mia Boccella shows Aleta "Tweety" Suazo handing out baked goods at a reception held for New Mexico Democratic Congresswoman Deb Haaland on Jan. 3, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Suazo will be among Native Americans closely watching a confirmation hearing for Haaland, who has been nominated to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (AP Photo via Mia Boccella)
Indian Country gripped by Haaland hearing for top US post

By Felicia Fonseca Feb. 23, 2021 12:04 AM EST

Judge Merrick Garland, nominee to be Attorney General, testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)
AG nominee Garland vows Capitol riot will be top priority

By Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker And Mary Clare Jalonick Feb. 22, 2021 12:56 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2021 file photo, Rod Bradshaw stands in a field of wheat on his farm near Jetmore, Kan. President Joe Biden's nomination of Tom Vilsack to lead the Agriculture Department is getting a chilly reaction from many Black farmers who contend he didn't do enough to help them the last time he had the job. The former Iowa governor served eight years as agriculture secretary under President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel File)
Black farmers unconvinced by Vilsack's 'root out' racism vow

By Roxana Hegeman Feb. 09, 2021 03:16 PM EST

FILE - In this early Thursday, Jan 7, 2021 file photo, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., bows her head during a closing prayer of a joint session of the House and Senate to confirm Electoral College votes at the Capitol in Washington. On Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that Ocasio-Cortez falsely claimed she faced rioters in the main Capitol building during the Jan. 6 insurrection. In a Feb. 2 Instagram Live video where the congresswomen opened up about the Capitol attack and her past sexual assault, she explained that she was in her office in a neighboring building on the Capitol complex, where she experienced a frightening encounter with a Capitol Police officer who she said didn’t announce himself. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press Feb. 05, 2021 03:00 PM EST

Vice President Kamala Harris, right, ceremonially swears in Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, accompanied by his wife Tanya Mayorkas, and their daughters Amelia, far left, and Giselle, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Senate confirms Mayorkas as Biden's homeland security chief

By Ben Fox Feb. 02, 2021 03:28 PM EST

Commerce secretary-nominee Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo testifies remotely during her nomination hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)
Biden's Commerce pick, Raimondo, voices tough line on China

By Kevin Freking And Mike Schneider Jan. 26, 2021 10:38 AM EST

President-elect Joe Biden, right, listens as Janet Yellen, who Biden nominated to serve as Secretary of the Treasury, speaks at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Janet Yellen wins Senate approval as treasury secretary

By Martin Crutsinger And Brian Slodysko Jan. 25, 2021 06:24 PM EST

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrives at the Pentagon, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Austin wins Senate confirmation as 1st Black Pentagon chief

By Robert Burns And Andrew Taylor Jan. 22, 2021 12:31 AM EST

Secretary of Defense nominee Lloyd Austin, a recently retired Army general, speaks during his conformation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP)
Congress poised for quick action on Biden's Pentagon nominee

By Robert Burns And Andrew Taylor Jan. 21, 2021 02:15 PM EST