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Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, appears to be headed to a close vote in the Senate. Nick Schifrin reports on the questioning she faced in her confirmation hearing.

Kash Patel, President Trump’s choice to lead the FBI, faced sharp and at times bipartisan questioning during a hearing on Thursday. Laura Barrón-López reports.

In a make-or-break hearing, Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went before a second committee and it revealed Republican doubts about him. Lisa Desjardins reports on where lawmakers’ support stands.

Gabbard was hoping for the Pete Hegseth hearing treatment. She didn’t get it.  POLITICO ‘Her Opening Line Was a Home Run’: The Best and Worst Moments From the Tulsi Gabbard Hearing  The New York Times Suspected US-to-Russia weapons trafficker arrested in Kyrgyzstan.  Kyiv

To discuss the confirmation hearings of Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence and Kash Patel to lead the FBI, Amna Nawaz spoke with two leading voices in the intelligence community, Frank Montoya Jr., a national security analyst and retired

The Republican doctor who could be a hurdle to RFK Jr.’s confirmation  NBC News RFK Jr., Trump’s pick for HHS, grilled about vaccines again in Day 2 hearing  NPR Republican committee chairman ‘struggling’ with RFK Jr. nomination  CNN RFK Jr. on defensive over

Column | Federal workers should tell Trump ‘no deal’ on resignation offer  The Washington Post ‘We were blindsided’: Federal workers react to buy-out offer  BBC.com Continuing resolution creates doubts agencies can honor OPM’s ‘deferred resignation’ deal  Federal News Network I Just Got Trump’s

In our news wrap Thursday, Hamas freed eight hostages and Israel handed over more than 100 Palestinian prisoners in a third round of exchanges, officials in Ukraine say a Russian drone attack killed at least six people in the northeastern

Parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are under siege by a Rwanda-backed rebel group. The violence has killed UN peacekeepers, overwhelmed hospitals, displaced hundreds of thousands and sparked fears of a wider regional conflict. Amna Nawaz discussed more

9 out of ten cars sold in Norway are EV’s. Government incentives and a commitment to charging stations have made Norway a world leader in electric vehicle use. (Image credit: Bloomberg)