"The United States Senate has confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump's nominees to government positions, following a recent rule change that allows the chamber to approve lower-level appointments in batches rather than individually. Key political appointments on Thursday included Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former FOX News host and ex-fiancee of Donald Trump Jr, as US Ambassador to Greece. list of 4 itemsend of list Callista Gingrich, the wife of conservative political pundit Newt Gingrich, was also appointed ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein."
"She previously served as US Ambassador to the Holy See during Trump's first administration. The Republican-controlled Senate also approved dozens of nominations to the departments of defence, energy, labour, and the interior, as well as the US ambassadors to Argentina and Sweden. The mass vote has been portrayed in the US media as a significant win for the Trump administration, which has struggled to get approval for more than 100 appointees due to ongoing opposition from Democrats."
"Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the vote was possible thanks to a change in rules last week to overcome Democrats' historic obstruction of the nomination process. Under the new rules, the Senate can now approve lower-level nominations with a simple majority, according to The Associated Press news agency. Previous rules remain in place for higher-level posts, including judicial and cabinet-level nominations."
The United States Senate confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump's nominees to government positions after a rule change that permits batch approval of lower-level appointments. Key political appointments included Kimberly Guilfoyle as US Ambassador to Greece and Callista Gingrich as ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Dozens of nominations to the departments of defence, energy, labour and the interior were also approved, along with ambassadors to Argentina and Sweden. The vote was portrayed in US media as a win for the Trump administration amid difficulty confirming more than 100 appointees because of Democratic opposition. John Thune credited a recent rules change allowing lower-level nominations to be approved by simple majority while higher-level posts remain subject to existing procedures.
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