I will vote to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence. While I continue to have concerns about certain positions she has previously taken, I appreciate her commitment to rein in the outsized scope of the agency, while still enabling the ODNI to continue its essential function in upholding national security. As she brings independent thinking and necessary oversight to her new role, I am counting on her to ensure the safety and civil liberties of American citizens remain rigorously protected.

Baier: Do you view JD Vance as your successor? Trump: No..

Imagine being a nearly 80-year-old man, twice-impeached, four times indicted, and still losing sleep over a pop star who just wanted to watch her man play football.

Reporter: You pardoned hundreds of people who assaulted first responders. Trump: No, I pardoned people who were assaulted themselves… by our government. They didn’t assault. They were assaulted. What I did was a great thing for humanity.

BREAKING: Senator Andy Kim just announced that he is prepared to support a government shutdown in order to fight Donald Trump’s unlawful behavior. Democrats are beginning to create the strong resistance needed to beat Trump.

I’d like to propose that the worst 1% of appointed judges, as determined by elected bodies, be fired every year. This will weed out the most corrupt and least competent.

This morning, we won a court order blocking Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, from accessing Americans’ private data. Musk and his DOGE employees must destroy all records they've obtained. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: no one is above the law.

Jan 29: first commercial plane crash in 16 years in DC Jan 31: Learjet crash in Philadelphia Feb 5: Japan Airlines plane strikes Delta flight on runway in Seattle Feb 6: Bering Air flight wrecks in Nome, Alaska Here's footage of @SecDuffy doing a podcast with his wife claiming that Buttigieg "sucks at his job." Meanwhile, Duffy's overseen 4 collisions in the last WEEK and is nowhere to be found.

I have always reviewed all nominees based on their merits. But until Trump and Elon Musk stop their relentless spree of illegal power grabs that are hurting the middle class and our national security— I'm a no on all remaining top-level cabinet nominees.

Another utterly illegal act. Trump can’t fire Kennedy center board members. They serve six year terms under the law. And the law also lays out many of the board members by title. The president can make appointments, as Biden did at the end of his term, and as Trump can do when there are vacancies, but not when the vacancies don’t exist. You would think the stories on this would at least be able to look at what the law does!

Trump on the DCA plane crash: "Did you ever see, you go to a driving range in golf and you're hitting balls, hundreds of balls, thousands of hours. I never see a ball hit another ball. Balls going up all over the place. You never see 'em hit, it was amazing that could happen."

Just got back to the Capitol past midnight as I prepare to speak during an all night marathon session to control the Senate floor and keep the focus on this assault on our Constitution. We have to raise the alarm to the American people.