Latest news and live updates as the Trump administration prepares for office next week. Follow live as Senate confirmation hearings continue for attorney general pick Pam Bondi.

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's choice for attorney general, survived an at times contentious hearing while declining to say if Joe Biden won the 2020 vote.

Donald Trump's attorney general nominee, Pam Bondi, faced intense scrutiny from Senate Democrats during her confirmation hearing.

Trump's attorney general pick, Pam Bondi, to face questioning from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

Four years after trying to overturn Trump’s defeat, the prospective attorney general nominee still won’t answer core questions about the 2020 election.

Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump’s picks for the Cabinet. Many nominees have met with senators individually. Now, they’ll go before the committees overseeing the agencies Trump wants them to run.

Bondi is expected to receive broad support from Republicans but face sharp questions from Democrats who have concerns about whether she will protect the Justice Department from political influence.

Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth and Attorney General pick Pam Bondi will be the first two cabinet nominees of President-elect Donald Trump to sit for confirmation hearings by Senate ...

Democrats directed some of their energy during attorney general nominee Pam Bondi’s confirmation hearing toward publicly disavowing Kash Patel.

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Ben Curtis/AP)

As lawmakers in Washington, D.C. are preparing for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration Monday, Iowa’s U.S. senators met with Trump nominees this week while representatives acted on bills relating to undocumented immigration and women’s sports.