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The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

For the first time a Native American will lead the powerful department.

Senate committees also heard from Biden's nominees for surgeon general and trade representative.

U.S. House prosecutors have criticized Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and most of his colleagues “for trying to have it both ways.”

The Senate has yet to schedule a confirmation hearing for interior Secretary nominee Deb Haaland.

Most Republicans voted to overturn the results despite the violent siege of the Capitol just hours earlier.

Lummis, who is a Republican, replaces four-term Senator Mike Enzi as one of the state's two senators in Washington D.C.

The Republican previously served as mayor of Gillette and in the Wyoming House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996.

A CT scan found a blockage in his carotid artery.

The ruling marks the latest pushback against the administration’s practice of filling key positions without U.S. Senate approval.