Just short of a month into President Donald Trump’s second term, the Senate has already confirmed the vast majority of Trump’s top Cabinet nominees.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., celebrated the feverish pace of the confirmations, writing on X, “The liberal media told you [Tulsi Gabbard’s, Pete Hegseth’s, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s] Cabinet nominations were in ‘trouble.’ We got the ‘toughest’ ones done at the quickest pace in 20+ years.”
But yet to be confirmed by the Senate are some nominees who will surely play important roles in shaping the Trump administration’s policies.
Kash Patel, FBI Director
Patel’s confirmation process has been as difficult as any.
Democrats, who have accused Patel of sympathies with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol protesters and of seeking retribution against political opponents, have delayed Patel’s…