Nomination

Presidential nomination coverage including cabinet picks, judicial nominees, and Senate confirmation processes. Stories address nominee qualifications, confirmation hearings, withdrawn nominations, and political battles over high-profile appointments.

190 posts

• Day 1856: "An embarrassment." Feb 18, 2026
• Day 1787: "Wasting your time." Dec 11, 2025
• Day 1736: "It sort of looks bad." Oct 21, 2025
• Day 1681: "There are different things we could be doing." Aug 27, 2025
• Day 1652: "A dagger." Jul 29, 2025
• Day 1645: "The constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House." Jul 22, 2025
• Day 1640: "A tyrant." Jul 17, 2025
• Day 1638: "Make them feel the pain." Jul 15, 2025
• Day 1617: "Low-level loser." Jun 24, 2025
• Day 1542: "A scandal is brewing." Apr 10, 2025
• Day 1492: "Unrestricted power." Feb 19, 2025
• Day 1485: "What democracy is all about." Feb 12, 2025
• Day 1484: "Will end badly." Feb 11, 2025
• Day 1476: "Worth the price." Feb 3, 2025
• Day 1465: "Boggles my mind." Jan 23, 2025
• Day 1457: "Out of sight or out of mind." Jan 15, 2025
• Day 1435: "Mired itself in an ethical crisis of its own making." Dec 24, 2024
• Day 1423: "Maximum level." Dec 12, 2024
• Day 1422: "Focus on our mission." Dec 11, 2024
• Day 1415: "They’re coming after you." Dec 4, 2024
• Day 1414: "Competing constitutional interests." Dec 3, 2024
• Day 1413: "Enough is enough." Dec 2, 2024
• Day 1406: "Still going to be in the fight." Nov 25, 2024
• Day 1401: "Weapons of obedience." Nov 20, 2024
• Day 1400: "Qualified and capable." Nov 19, 2024
• Day 1399: "A terrible precedent." Nov 18, 2024
• Day 1395: "Relentless barrage." Nov 14, 2024
• Day 1394: "Drastic change." Nov 13, 2024
• Day 1392: "The worst of the worst." Nov 11, 2024
• Day 1339: "Disappointed." Sep 19, 2024
• Day 1316: "The alternative is untenable." Aug 27, 2024
• Day 1315: "Blatant political purposes." Aug 26, 2024
• Day 1295: "It’s personal." Aug 6, 2024
• Day 1288: "Weird." Jul 30, 2024
• Day 1287: "It'll be fine." Jul 29, 2024
• Day 1280: "Excited the country." Jul 22, 2024
• Day 1279: "Let’s do this." Jul 21, 2024
• Day 1273: "I'm not supposed to be here." Jul 15, 2024
• Day 1241: "Outrageous and unacceptable." Jun 13, 2024
• Day 1101: "The nominee." Jan 25, 2024
• Day 995: "Less likely than ever." Oct 11, 2023
• Day 944: "Unprecedented weaponization." Aug 21, 2023
• Day 871: "Nothing more, nothing less." Jun 9, 2023
• Day 595: "The appearance of fairness and integrity." Sep 6, 2022
• Day 553: "Kind of wild." Jul 26, 2022
• Day 539: "In no uncertain terms." Jul 12, 2022
• Day 521: "We dissent." Jun 24, 2022
• Day 511: "Never been more optimistic." Jun 14, 2022
• Day 443: "A more perfect union." Apr 7, 2022
• Day 440: "It’s now or never." Apr 4, 2022
• Day 429: "What will stop him." Mar 24, 2022
• Day 428: "Saber rattling." Mar 23, 2022
• Day 427: "Sickening and egregious." Mar 22, 2022
• Day 426: "Civility and grace." Mar 21, 2022
• Day 392: "Clear and present risk." Feb 15, 2022
• Day 373: "Little optimism." Jan 27, 2022
• Day 372: "The ball is in their court." Jan 26, 2022
• Day 370: "Massive consequences." Jan 24, 2022
• Day 356: "By a clear margin." Jan 10, 2022
• Day 297: "Beyond the pale." Nov 12, 2021
• Day 183: "Extremely enthusiastic." Jul 21, 2021
• Day 171: "Any necessary action." Jul 9, 2021
• Day 147: "Trust the plan." Jun 15, 2021
• Day 140: "Planned in plain sight." Jun 8, 2021
• Day 99: "Investments in our future." Apr 28, 2021
• Day 84: "Abundance of caution." Apr 13, 2021
• Day 83: "Accidental discharge." Apr 12, 2021
• Day 70: "Trailblazing." Mar 30, 2021
• Day 66: "Outrageous." Mar 26, 2021
• Day 50: "Help is on the way." Mar 10, 2021
• Day 45: Brat attacks. Mar 5, 2021
• Day 37: "A critical step." Feb 25, 2021
• Day 36: "More must be done." Feb 24, 2021
• Day 35: "Intelligence failures." Feb 23, 2021
• Day 34: "The work continues." Feb 22, 2021
• Day 21: "This cannot be our future." Feb 9, 2021
• Day 15: "We need to act." Feb 3, 2021
• Day 14: "Moral failing." Feb 2, 2021
• Day 9: "Beyond the pale." Jan 28, 2021
• Day 2: "The gravest damage." Jan 21, 2021
• Day 1460: "Indefensible." Jan 18, 2021
• Day 1456: "Self-pity mode." Jan 14, 2021
• Day 1448: "Death spiral." Jan 6, 2021
• Day 1447: "Save America." Jan 5, 2021
• Day 1429: "Contingencies and speculation." Dec 18, 2020
• Day 1427: "We want them infected." Dec 16, 2020
• Day 1425: "Congratulations USA!" Dec 14, 2020
• Day 1414: "A tremendous achievement." Dec 3, 2020
• Day 1412: "We just don’t have time to waste time." Dec 1, 2020
• Day 1405: "Meets this moment." Nov 24, 2020
• Day 1398: "Move on." Nov 17, 2020
• Day 1397: "More people may die." Nov 16, 2020
• Day 1394: "Trying to survive." Nov 13, 2020
• Day 1392: "Covid hell." Nov 11, 2020
• Day 1390: "A mask is not a political statement." Nov 9, 2020
• Day 1377: "Decisive actions." Oct 27, 2020
• Day 1365: "Pretty close to airtight." Oct 15, 2020
• Day 1364: "Dr. Johnny Bananas." Oct 14, 2020
• Day 1362: Swamp things. Oct 12, 2020
• Day 1345: "Train wreck." Sep 25, 2020
• Day 1343: "Distressed." Sep 23, 2020
• Day 1341: "Without delay." Sep 21, 2020
• Day 1334: "Reckless and selfish." Sep 14, 2020
• Day 1320: "Recklessly encouraging violence." Aug 31, 2020
• Day 1314: "Grossly misrepresented." Aug 25, 2020
• Day 1313: "I am not engaged in sabotaging the election." Aug 24, 2020
• Day 1301: "Serious consequences." Aug 12, 2020
• Day 1300: "A tragic mistake." Aug 11, 2020
• Day 1292: "Extraordinarily widespread." Aug 3, 2020
• Day 1253: "An explosion." Jun 25, 2020
• Day 1252: "A massive outbreak." Jun 24, 2020
• Day 1244: Transgressions. Jun 16, 2020
• Day 1216: "Badge of honor." May 19, 2020
• Day 1201: "It goes up rapidly." May 4, 2020
• Day 1196: "A great success story." Apr 29, 2020
• Day 1180: "A lot of instincts." Apr 13, 2020
• Day 1152: "This is bad." Mar 16, 2020
• Day 1148: Canceled. Mar 12, 2020
• Day 1139: Not good. Mar 3, 2020
• Day 1138: "No reason to panic." Mar 2, 2020
• Day 1064: Counterpunch. Dec 19, 2019
• Day 1055: We must act. Dec 10, 2019
• Day 1051: That's what impeachment is for. Dec 6, 2019
• Day 1016: Sensitive. Nov 1, 2019
• Day 925: LameStream. Aug 2, 2019
• Day 921: Critical. Jul 29, 2019
• Day 911: "The gravity of the president's misconduct." Jul 19, 2019
• Day 886: Restraint. Jun 24, 2019
• Day 840: No choice. May 9, 2019
• Day 830: Personal conversations. Apr 29, 2019
• Day 813: Nonstory. Apr 12, 2019
• Day 806: Tougher direction. Apr 5, 2019
• Day 792: Principal conclusions. Mar 22, 2019
• Day 790: Nuts. Mar 20, 2019
• Day 761: Grenades. Feb 19, 2019
• Day 756: Emergency declaration. Feb 14, 2019
• Day 749: Political hack. Feb 7, 2019
• Day 746: Willful ignorance. Feb 4, 2019
• Day 740: Regime survival. Jan 29, 2019
• Day 726: Everyone's favorite. Jan 15, 2019
• Day 725: Big fat hoax. Jan 14, 2019
• Day 718: Prime-time. Jan 7, 2019
• Day 714: Foolish. Jan 3, 2019
• Day 704: All alone. Dec 24, 2018
• Day 700: Fatally misconceived. Dec 20, 2018
• Day 687: Undisciplined. Dec 7, 2018
• Day 663: Grandstanding. Nov 13, 2018
• Day 659: Inconvenient facts. Nov 9, 2018
• Day 658: Above the law. Nov 8, 2018
• Day 635: Totally denied. Oct 16, 2018
• Day 627: "An insult to the American public." Oct 8, 2018
• Day 624: Rock bottom. Oct 5, 2018
• Day 623: Unfathomable. Oct 4, 2018
• Day 617: Aggressive and belligerent. Sep 28, 2018
• Day 616: "I am terrified." Sep 27, 2018
• Day 608: "What happens at Georgetown Prep, stays at Georgetown Prep." Sep 19, 2018
• Day 606: Full steam ahead. Sep 17, 2018
• Day 587: Don't let it happen. Aug 29, 2018
• Day 537: "Putin may be the easiest." Jul 10, 2018
• Day 536: Piece of trash. Jul 9, 2018
• Day 532: "My staff told me not to say this." Jul 5, 2018
• Day 524: Bad idea. Jun 27, 2018
• Day 491: A colossal waste. May 25, 2018
• Day 476: Wrap it up. May 10, 2018
• Day 462: Extremely opposed. Apr 26, 2018
• Day 460: Do not worry. Apr 24, 2018
• Day 456: Unprecedented treachery. Apr 20, 2018
• Day 454: This Russia thing. Apr 18, 2018
• Day 312: Your favorite president. Nov 27, 2017
• Day 288: The only one that matters. Nov 3, 2017
• Day 286: The lowest point. Nov 1, 2017
• Day 200: A case of the Mondays. Aug 7, 2017
• Day 195: Seriously flawed. Aug 2, 2017
• Day 148: Ruh roh. Jun 16, 2017
• Day 139: Back off. Jun 7, 2017
• Day 132: Au revoir. May 31, 2017
• Day 109: Warned. May 8, 2017
• Day 71: Witch hunt. Mar 31, 2017
• Day 69: Unauthorized disclosure. Mar 29, 2017
• Day 63: Save face. Mar 23, 2017
• Day 62: Contradictions. Mar 22, 2017
• Day 61: Tweaks. Mar 21, 2017
• Day 60: Accusations. Mar 20, 2017
• Day 42: Misleading. Recused. Mar 2, 2017
• Day 37: Doubt. Feb 25, 2017
• Day 33: Sweeping. Feb 21, 2017
• Day 19: Challenged. Feb 7, 2017
• Day 13: Supreme. Feb 1, 2017
• Day 11: Dissent. Jan 30, 2017
• Day 1: How it begins. Jan 20, 2017