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The U.S. Senate has confirmed dozens of President Donald Trump's nominees at once, voting for the first time this session under the chamber's new "nuclear" rules.

Democrats looking to resist Trump and the GOP-dominated Congress had delayed these confirmations for months.

Thursday's confirmations are simply one chapter of an ongoing saga between the two parties in Congress.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate has confirmed dozens of President Donald Trump's nominees at once, voting for the first time this session under the chamber's new "nuclear" rules.

The new rules were implemented to speed up the confirmation process of executive branch positions that had been delayed by Democrats looking to resist Trump and the GOP-dominated Congress.

Lawmakers voted along party lines to co

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