Trump cabinet confirmation hearings live updates

9:30 AM: Trump Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi at the Senate Judiciary Committee

10:00 AM: Trump Secretary of State nominee Sen. Marco Rubio at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Trump CIA Director nominee John Ratcliffe at the Senate Intelligence Committee

Trump Energy Secretary nominee Chris Wright at the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Trump Transportation Secretary nominee Sean Duffy at the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee

1:00 PM: Trump White House Budget Director nominee Russell Vought at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

Sen. Marco Rubio appears to want the U.S. to take a more isolationist approach to global affairs, claiming that other countries have taken advantage of a ‘global order’ approach.

He will say in his open remarks at his confirmation hearing on Wednesday that the U.S. has put other nations above ‘our core national interest.’

Rubio, who Trump nominated to be his Secretary of State, will face grilling from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

In his prepared remarks, Rubio outlines:

While America far too often continued to prioritize the ‘global order’ above our core national interests, other nations continued to act the way countries always have and always will, in what they perceive to be in their best interest.

And instead of folding into the post-Cold War global order, they have manipulated it to serve their interest at the expense of ours.

GOP Sen. Joni Ernst says she’ll back Pete Hegseth for defense secretary.

The senator from Iowa, who was on the fence about Hegseth due to the sexual allegations made against him, made her decision after his hearing Tuesday:

Our next commander in chief selected Pete Hegseth to serve in this role, and after our conversations, hearing from Iowans, and doing my job as a United States Senator, I will support President Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense.

As I serve on the Armed Services Committee, I will work with Pete to create the most lethal fighting force and hold him to his commitments of auditing the Pentagon, ensuring opportunity for women in combat while maintaining high standards, and selecting a senior official to address and prevent sexual assault in the ranks.

This week’s Senate confirmation hearings will put Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees in the hot seat as lawmakers grill them about their controversial histories and ties to the incoming president.

These hearings, which will determine whether the incoming president’s hand-picked top-level staff can lead his administration, kicked off on Tuesday with Pete Hegseth and will run all week.

Each of Trump’s picks will be effectively on trial before the senators in the committees overseeing the federal agencies.

A lecture by the highest ranking transgender officer in the armed forces; a celebration of Loving Day and sessions on ‘equity assurance training.’

A trove of flyers obtained by DailyMail.com from serving CIA officers lays bare the extent of the agency’s ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’ work triggering fresh accusations that it is being distracted from its core job of protecting Americans from foreign threats.

But Trump transition insiders say those concerns will be tackled head on by John Ratcliffe, who is the president-elect’s pick to lead the agency, and who will be grilled by senators about his plans on Wednesday.

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

The confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security is postponed.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was slated to have her confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday.

It was rescheduled for Friday, at the same time.

The switch-up in schedule, according to reports, is ‘due to a delay on the FBI background check for Governor Noem.’

Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of the Interior, former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is also facing a two-day postponement for his hearing due to delayed paperwork.