Follow live updates as the Senate votes on Tulsi Gabbard's nomination. The House DOGE subcommittee, led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, holds its first hearing.

The Senate cleared a procedural hurdle Wednesday to approve Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary—inching one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial Cabinet picks closer to confirmation after he won over some skeptical senators wary of his vaccine views.

As director of national intelligence, Gabbard will oversee the U.S. intelligence community and serve as the president's top adviser on intelligence.

Tulsi Gabbard, a former U.S. representative with little intelligence experience, was sworn on Wednesday as the top U.S. spy, after Republicans in the Senate lined up behind a nominee once seen as among President Donald Trump's most controversial picks.

Gabbard overcame skepticism from Republicans about whether she was the right person for the director of national intelligence post. Sen. Mitch McConnell broke with his party to side with Democrats in voting ‘no.