- Former Senate Democrat Convicted of Bribery Reportedly Seeking Pardon From Trump (mediaite.com)
- Former Fox host Pete Hegseth repeated right-wing lies about demographic quotas during his Senate confirmation hearing (mediamatters.org)
- F.B.I. Briefs Top Senators on Armed Services Panel About Hegseth (rawstory.com)
- Jim Justice to delay Senate swearing-in to avert knotty succession in West Virginia (rollcall.com)
- Ron DeSantis picks Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat (nbcnews.com)
- Senate Democrats slam ‘significant gaps and inadequacies’ in the background vetting of President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon (washingtonpost.com)
- ‘Appearance of a cover-up’: Senate Dem raises alarm over missing FBI info on Trump nominee (rawstory.com)Accusation Follows F.B.I. Briefing to Top Senators on Armed Services Panel About Hegseth (static01.nyt.com)