A pressure campaign is building on the Senate to confirm President-elect Trump's controversial cabinet picks such as RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth. NBC News' Ali Vitali has the latest reporting from Capitol Hill.

During an appearance on Fox News Tuesday, host Laura Ingraham claimed that Trump’s nominee to be the next director of national intelligence had been wrongfully smeared as “an apologist” for Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, the dictator who fled Syria for Russia last week after rebels overtook Damascus.

President-elect Donald Trump’s top spy picks appear to be enjoying an increasingly receptive Senate GOP, as they make the rounds huddling with senators in a bid to shore up support for their

Assad, his regime was operating its torture chambers throughout the country. The post Tulsi Gabbard Wanted to Protect Bashar al-Assad. Americans Can’t Trust Her to Protect Them first appeared on Mediaite.

During her time in Congress, Gabbard also praised Vladimir Putin for bombing Isis in Syria, while the Obama administration would not. She also spread the conspiratorial idea that “biolabs ...

President-elect Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, met Tuesday with senators on Capitol Hill as she faces concerns from Republicans over her

Gabbard, a recent Donald Trump Cabinet pick, predicted catastrophe if Assad were overthrown. So far, things have played out differently.

“Please give Tulsi Gabbard space in privacy in this delicate time.” Governor Haley, who served as Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations at the time of Ms. Gabbard’s Syria visit, also raised the issue on Sirius XM last month, calling her“photo- ...

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's past sympathies for ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime are under scrutiny.

President-elect Trump’s cabinet picks are on Capitol Hill today, meeting with Republican senators. Some of Trump’s choices such as Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard are facing scrutiny. Washington Post senior national political correspondent Ashley Parker and New York Times chief Washington correspondent Carl Hulse join Andrea Mitchell Reports to discuss.

Some foreign officials are reportedly concerned about sharing intelligence with Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's choice for director of national intelligence.

Despite mostly partisan concern over an apparent closeness to ousted-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and what critics say is a tendency to repeat Kremlin propaganda, it seems former U.S. Rep.