The Senate confirms PAM BONDI as a lawyer as RFK JR and Gabbard Advance

US President Donald Trump’s cabinet -nominated has gained momentum when Robert F Kennedy Jr and Tulsi Gabbard cleared a key barrier in the Senate and Pam Bondi was confirmed.

The full Senate voted to approve Bondi as the next US court lawyer who was tasked with operating the Ministry of Justice.

Kennedy, who was chosen to be the next US health secretary, was performed by Senat’s Finance Committee in a 14-13 vote that split along party lines. Only Republicans voted for him.

Gabbard, who was chosen to serve as director of National Intelligence, survived a narrow 9-8 vote for the Senate Intelligence Committee -also split along party lines.

Kennedy and Gabbard, both considered controversial elections, will now move to the vote for the full US Senate, which Republicans control 53-47.

Pam Bondi becomes the country’s top law enforcement officer on Tuesday night after the Senate approved her with a 54-46 vote.

All Republican Senators voted to confirm Bondi; Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman was the only Democrat to voted for. The Senate is currently being checked by Republicans.

When she was nominated by Trump, he wrote on social media that she would end what he called ” ‘The Weapon’ from the Ministry of Justice against Republicans and himself, which Biden White House denied.

Born in Tampa, Florida, Bondi studied criminal justice at the University of Florida, after which they received a degree from Stetson University College of Law. She was admitted to Florida Bar in 1991.

A long -time Trump Allies who have criticized the criminal cases against him, she was chosen as Florida’s first female lawyer in 2010, when she was flooded on opioid abuse and trafficking.

During the confirmation process, Kennedy received some resistance from legislators of both parties because of his skepticism about vaccines.

Some also questioned whether he had enough expertise in issues, including American public health infrastructure and health programs.

He used much of his hearings, but insisted that he was not against vaccines – nor a conspiracy theorist – but merely supported stricter security tests.

Still resetting senators often reset on his previous comments, including a podcast look, saying, “There is no vaccine that is safe and effective.”

Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent working with Democrats, praised Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” slogan. But the senator also showed pictures of baby clothes printed with anti-vaccine messages sold by Children’s Health Defense, an organization that the nominee led until recently.

Kennedy replied that he no longer supervised the group.

Although Kennedy’s testimony last week did not win any Democrats, he managed to secure the decisive support of Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy.

Cassidy, a doctor, had expressed skepticism about Trump’s nominees, but announced that he would support him after receiving “serious obligations” by Kennedy and the White House. This clears the way for a full Senate vote.

Kennedy is the son of Robert F Kennedy and nephew of President John F Kennedy.

He initially floated a race for Democratic President nomination in 2024, but later mounted an independent bid before dropping out and approving Trump.

The US political scion initially made his name as an environmental lawyer before turning to criticism of US healthcare – including food security and anti -vaccine advocacy – in recent years.

As a health secretary, Kennedy would be responsible for huge agencies such as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Kennedy has suggested that he will shoot many of the people who work for these federal agencies, and Trump has said he would give his nominated wide leeway to reform American food and health care.

Gabbard also faced resistance to some previously controversial attitudes, including her decision to meet and defend former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 2017, as well as a previous push to get a pardon for the National Security Agency Notified Edward Snowden.

At one point, Gabbard was pressured by both Republican and Democratic Senators about whether she would classify Snowden – who fled to Russia to avoid American law enforcement – as a “traitor”. She refused to answer directly and only said he “broke the law”.

She added that he had postponed “creepy illegal and constitutional programs” that led to reforms, but she maintained that she would work to block future illegal leaks and revelations.

Several senators also noted that Gabbard had defended Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the start of the war. Democratic Senator Michael Bennet accused Gabbard of agreeing that a “totalitarian state” was “entitled to roll across the peaceful border of the Ukrainian.”

Still, Republican Senators, originally skeptical of Gabbard, were eventually behind her.

On Monday, Senator Susan Collins of Maine said Gabbard had addressed her concerns. Senator Todd Young from Indiana announced a day later that he would also support Gabbard after securing his commitment to “promoting our national security”.

Gabbard is a former congregation from Hawaii and a military veteran who served with a medical unit in Iraq.

She was a former member of the Democratic Party and had advanced liberal causes such as government -controlled healthcare while serving in Congress.

In 2020, she ran for the democratic presidential election and later fell out and approved Joe Biden.

Gabbard left the Democratic Party in 2022 and accused them of being “warmer” driven by “Feig Weshness.” She became independent before becoming a Republican in 2024 and supporting Trump’s presidential bid.

If she was confirmed by the full Senate, she would manage a budget of more than $ 70 billion. (£ 55 billion) and supervise 18 intelligence agencies.