A Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security nominee, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, is planned to begin at 8:00 a.m. CST on Friday, January 17.

One by one, all the president-elect’s men and women are falling into place in his Cabinet. While Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth's nomination was teetering toward collapse just weeks ago, he now appears on track for confirmation after a fiery Senate hearing that focused on his drinking,

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Pete Hegseth could hardly be more suited to be Donald Trump’s secretary of Defense — even though he’d surely be deemed unqualified by any conventional president.

Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem will all sit at witness tables in Senate confirmation hearings this week.

Republicans will hold confirmation hearings this week for more than a dozen high-profile administration picks for President-elect Trump’s next term, including those for Pete Hegseth, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Gov. Kristi Noem, R-S.D.

The former Fox News host will be forced to comment publicly on several controversies in detail for the first time as he fights to become secretary of defense.

The Senate will hold confirmation hearings for more than a dozen of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks this week, including for Pete Hegseth, Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem.

Will the Senate GOP confirm controversial picks like Pete Hegseth and RFK Jr.? Here’s this week’s full Senate confirmation hearing schedule.

Some of Trump's more controversial picks for Cabinet positions are set to face the Senate for confirmation hearings this week.

President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees for the Department of Justice, State Department and more sat for Senate confirmation hearings throughout the day Wednesday.