Visitors walk down stairs outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 18, 2025. (Photo by Oliver Contreras / AFP) (Photo by OLIVER CONTRERAS/AFP via Getty Images) Oliver Contreras/AFP/Getty Images

The Senate confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees in one sweeping vote on Thursday, marking the first bloc confirmed after Republicans voted to change Senate rules to speed up the consideration of nominees.

The nominees confirmed included Kimberly Guilfoyle to be the Ambassador to Greece, Christine Toretti to be the Ambassador to Sweden, and Callista Gingrich to be Ambassador to Switzerland and Lichtenstein. Former GOP Rep. Brandon Williams was also confirmed as under secretary for nuclear security.

The move by Senate Republicans comes after they pushed through a chang

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