President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Justice and Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent will sit for Senate confirmation hearings Thursday morning.

Senate confirmation hearings for the Trump cabinet continue on Thursday. They will include Doug Burgum for interior secretary, Scott Turner for housing secretary and Lee Zeldin for Environmental Protection Agency administrator at 10 a.m. Eastern, and Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary at 10:30 a.m.

Padilla and Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which held a confirmation hearing on Bondi Wednesday. The hearings continue Thursday. Republicans control 53 of the Senate’s 100 seats, and GOP committee members praised Bondi, a former Florida attorney general, throughout the hearing.

A special meeting on Wednesday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the premiers of Canada's provinces discussed options for responding to the tariffs on Canadian goods announced by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

Canada has drawn up an initial list of C$150 billion ($105 billion) of US-manufactured items that it would hit with tariffs if President-elect Donald Trump decides to levy tariffs against Canadian goods,

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks with the media after a meeting with party leaders regarding Greenland, at the Prime Minister's Office in Christiansborg, Copenhagen, Denmark, January 9,

The CEO of obesity drug manufacturer Novo Nordisk and heads of other Danish companies were expected to discuss preparations for a possible trade conflict with the United States over Greenland with Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Thursday.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told President-elect Donald Trump that Greenland's independence would be up to the self-governing territory. Frederiksen and Trump spoke over the phone on Wednesday,