I don’t really know him, other than his public persona.” And we have the two faces of Oklahoma’s Markwayne Mullin, who concedes that while he and Gaetz have “had our differences” in the past, “I completely trust President Trump’s decisionmaking on this one.

President-elect Donald Trump rocked the Republican-controlled Senate this week with a string of unorthodox Cabinet picks. Senators and senators-elect barely had time to elect new leadership on Wednesday,

Senate Democrats are rushing to confirm Biden’s final nominees for federal judge positions before the party loses the chamber majority and Donald Trump returns to office in January. There are currently 45 judicial vacancies, and the Senate has 20 days left in session.