Highlights of the day for U. S. President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday:
CABINET AND NOMINATIONS
The Senate confirms billionaire Betsy DeVos as education secretary, with Vice President Mike Pence casting an unprecedented tie-breaking vote, and another controversial nominee, Jeff Sessions for attorney general, wins committee approval.
Highlights of the day for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday:
CABINET AND NOMINATIONS
The Senate confirms billionaire Betsy DeVos as education secretary, with Vice President Mike Pence casting an unprecedented tie-breaking vote, and another controversial nominee, Jeff Sessions for attorney general, wins committee approval.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he has "serious, serious concerns" about Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch. The top Democrat in the Senate said the judge has dodged questions aimed at gauging his judicial independence.
Andrew Puzder, Trump's choice to lead the Labor Department, admits to employing an undocumented immigrant, a revelation of the type that has derailed Cabinet nominees in previous administrations.
A media watchdog group files suit to force Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency to release records detailing his communications with energy companies ahead of a Senate vote to confirm his nomination.
IMMIGRATION
Trump says his travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries is a key element of national security, hours before a federal appeals court is set to consider his most divisive action since taking office last month.
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly tempers some of Trump's recent promises on curbing illegal immigration by saying funding to cities that refuse to cooperate with immigration agents would only be cut on a case-by-case basis.
Two Republican senators plan to unveil legislation to curb legal immigration by halving the number of people allowed to live as legal permanent residents.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismisses Trump's warning to Iran to stop its missile tests, saying the president has shown the "real face" of American corruption.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump, seizing on an Iranian missile test, are nearing common ground on a tougher U.S. policy toward Tehran ahead of their first talks at the White House.
Prime Minister Theresa May wants to revitalize Britain's "special relationship" with the United States but the promise of a state visit for Trump is turning into a headache.
China's foreign minister, seeking to dampen tension with the United States after Trump's election, says there would be no winner in a conflict between the two nations.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Trump says there is no reason to curb law enforcement agencies that seize cash, vehicles and other assets of people suspected of crimes, a practice that some lawmakers and activists have criticized for denying legal rights.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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