President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees will begin testifying before the US Senate next week as Republicans rush to install the new cabinet soon after the Jan. 20 inauguration.

Get the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump and the new Congress.

The U.S. Senate energy committee will hold nomination hearings for President-elect Donald Trump's picks for energy roles on Tuesday and Wednesday next week, the panel's chairman Senator Mike Lee said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, D. C. - Barely two years after Cincinnati Republican JD Vance was sworn in as Ohio’s junior U.S. Senator, his spokesman said Thursday that Vance would resign from the job at midnight so he can be sworn in as Donald Trump’s vice president on Jan. 20.

Vice President-elect JD Vance will resign his Ohio Senate seat at midnight as he prepares for his new role a heartbeat away from the presidency. Vance will take the oath of office alongside President-elect Donald Trump on Jan.

Two years ago this week, JD Vance began a career on Capitol Hill. As he resigns, that part of the Ohio Republican's career is now over.