In a new memo obtained by NBC News, Senate Finance Democratic tax staff found that Scott Bessent avoided over $950,000 of self-employment taxes.

Confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet picks are in full swing again Thursday as the Senate works to screen his controversial nominees.  Committees will hear from the contenders

The president-elect is going to war over turbines. At a hearing Thursday, the nominee for Interior secretary said he would pursue an “all of the above

The former North Dakota governor told senators at his confirmation hearing that he saw limits on energy production as a national security threat.

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on nomination of Doug Burgum to be secretary of the interior.

Thursday marks another busy day of hearings for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees as his inauguration approaches. The day will feature Lee Zeldin, the nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA);

On Thursday, attorney general nominee Pam Bondi returns for her second day before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Treasury secretary pick Scott Bessent and interior secretary nominee Doug Burgum head into their own hearings Thursday morning. Here's a look at today's schedule:

Sen. Tim Scott, the Republican chairman of the committee, in his opening remarks took a pause before mentioning the former name of the Washington football team where Turner once played. Turner noted he was drafted in the 7th round of the NFL, “which is the last round for those that don’t know,” a quip that got some chuckles in the room.

Each Cabinet-level nominee must go through a public hearing in the relevant Senate committee and then be confirmed by the Senate as part of the upper chamber’s “advise and consent” duty.

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