What we’re watching: Senate strategizes to hand Trump day-one nominees

🗓️ What we’re watching

• Senate Republicans are strategizing how to land a top party priority in the next two weeks: getting some of incoming President Donald Trump’s nominees confirmed on Day One.
• Trump gave a free-wheeling, all encompassing presser yesterday at Mar-a-Lago. Irie Sentner has the main takeaways, which include drilling, Trump’s legal issues, imperialism and more. And last night, West Wing Playbook delved into how Trump’s “weaves,” while chaotic, offer a glimpse into his policy plans.

👀 What’s Trump up to?

• Republican Governors will descend on Mar-a-Lago on Thursday for dinner with Trump. 

🚨What’s up with the nominees?

• Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s choice to lead HHS, will meet with Senate Democrats as he tries to shore up his confirmation. 
• Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee are racing to schedule confirmation hearings next week for Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe. 
• Trump’s choice to lead the Education Department, Linda McMahon, may not get a hearing in front of the Senate HELP Committee until after Inauguration Day because the committee has not yet received all the documents it requested.