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A gavel and a block is pictured on the judge's bench in this illustration picture taken in the Sussex County Court of Chancery in Georgetown, Delaware, U.S., on June 9, 2021.

Courts & Law Is Trump jeopardizing an opportunity to remake the judiciary?

Russell Wheeler

August 14, 2025

Former Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.), nominee to be commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

U.S. Government & Politics The IRS faces unprecedented leadership turnover

Vanessa Williamson

August 12, 2025

Federal Reserve Board Governor Michelle Bowman, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be Federal Reserve vice chair for supervision, Andrew Hughes, nominee to be Deputy Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development, David Woll, nominee to be General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, John Hurley, nominee to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, Department of the Treasury, David Fogel, nominee to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, Department of Commerce and Landon Heid, nominee to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Department of Commerce attend a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on April 10, 2025.

U.S. Government & Politics All the president’s nominations: Taking stock at the 200-day mark

Chris Piper

August 11, 2025

U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-Ariz.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) attend the confirmation hearing before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee of Brian Quintenz, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on June 10, 2025.

U.S. Government & Politics The Senate confirmation process after 200 days of the second Trump administration

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

August 11, 2025

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