This is Swamp Notes, the weekly podcast from the FT News Briefing, where we talk about all of the things happening in US politics. I’m Sonja Hutson. And this week we’re asking: how far will Donald ...

Pete Hegseth became the new secretary of Defense on Friday after Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote in the ...

Stewart Rhodes, with his signature black eyepatch, waved to a crowd as he strolled out of a federal prison a free man after ...

Will the Senate GOP confirm controversial picks like Pete Hegseth and RFK Jr.? Here’s the hearings schedule and list of who’s ...

Without asking Bondi a direct question, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis attacked Democrats for asking Bondi whether she would support pardons for violent Jan. 6 rioters -- even after Bondi declined to ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee will host a confirmation hearing of President Trump’s FBI Director nominee Kash Patel on ...

A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a ...

A slate of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees have appeared before senators in recent days for key hearings on their road to ...

Take the nomination of Pam Bondi for Attorney General, for example. Jason Pye is the vice president of Due Process Institute.

Facing federal criminal charges, former state Rep. Carolina Amesty has retained a well-connected lawyer to plead her case: Brad Bondi, the brother of U.S. Attorney General-nominee Pam Bondi, who if ...

Both President Trump and Attorney General-designate Pam Bondi are positioned to stop lawfare, but only if the Democrats abjure their politicization of justice.