There was another round of Senate confirmation hearings today on Capitol Hill. A number of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees were on the hot seat again today as they answered numerous questions from several Senate committee members.

Republican senators struggled to defend Donald Trump’s decision to commute and pardon hundreds of January 6 protesters including those who were charged and convicted of crimes against police officers,

Joe host Joe Scarborough played back footage of January 6 riot clashes with Capitol police in 2021 as he read aloud past quotes from ranking Republicans condemning the events. The on-air rebuttal came after President Donald Trump granted full pardons to approximately 1,

A Massachusetts man has been arrested on weapons charges after authorities say he visited the U.S. Capitol and told police that he came there to kill billionaire investor Scott Bessent on the day the Senate confirmed him as President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary.

He also issued “a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on ... I will not defend it,” said Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D. Sen.

Former Vice President Mike Pence attended the second presidential ... peaceful transfer of power under the Constitution of the United States," Pence wrote. Trump's and Pence's relationship ...

During their first news conference since Trump took office, House Republican leaders were effusive about the new administration and noted there is a lot of "anxious anticipation" about what they're going to do with their new trifecta. "We will deliver," Johnson pledged.

In positioning himself as a junior partner to the president and doing his bidding on matters large and small, the Louisiana Republican is diminishing a job that involves leading a coequal branch of government.

At the start of a House GOP conference, Johnson stood by Trump on mass deportations, the firings of inspectors general and his comments that wildfire aid should have conditions.

The move was the latest example of how the prosecutor in charge in Washington, Ed Martin, has sought in recent days to wind down the office’s sprawling investigation of the Capitol attack.

Trump appointee Ed Martin was a promoter of his "Stop the Steal" campaign and was seen on the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6.