WASHINGTON —  Once a bitter critic of President-elect Donald Trump, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida headed into his first Senate hearing Wednesday as nominee for secretary of State. Rubio, with extensive experience on Capitol Hill and in foreign policy circles, appears to be the least controversial in Trump’s list of Cabinet picks, many of whom

WASHINGTON —  More than 15 months into Israel’s devastating war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the two sides have agreed to a cease-fire deal that would pause fighting and free some Israeli hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners, U.S. and Qatari officials said Wednesday. “At long last, I can announce a cease-fire

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Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for defense secretary said nothing that would alienate the Republican senators on the Armed Services Committee. Video transcript transcript Democrats Question Hegseth

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Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. The Iowa Republican’s decision dramatically increases the likelihood that Mr. Hegseth will have enough votes to be confirmed as President-elect Donald J. Trump’s defense secretary. Senator Joni

Politics He found a familiar scapegoat. Pete Hegseth testifies during his Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, in Washington. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. For a week in early December, it looked

Television Taylor Sheridan’s hit series is largely a mess, but it couldn’t have come at a better moment. Paramount+ Taylor Sheridan, the most overextended man in television, has done it again. Landman, according to the internal metrics at Paramount+, is the most watched original show the streamer has ever had. (The top five spots are all held

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Jurisprudence Jeenah Moon/Reuters Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. A week before Donald Trump’s inauguration, one thing seems conspicuously absent from Republicans’ plans to advance the president-elect’s plans in his first days in office: abortion. It’s much too early to

Jurisprudence Aaron Gunches. Photo illustration by Slate. Photo via Arizona Department of Corrections. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The latest chapter in Aaron Gunches’ on-again, off-again death-penalty saga occurred on the last day of 2024, when he revealed his