Confirmation delays stack up for Trump nominees as paperwork lags in federal offices
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Paperwork delays have forced some Trump confirmation hearings to be postponed, with Republicans blaming bureacracy.
However, they were delayed at the last minute. This meant two of the three slated Tuesday hearings were pushed, leaving only one hearing for Secretary of Defense pick Pete Hegseth that day. Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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