Senate Republicans Give Trump Another Big Win
Senate Republicans Give Trump Another Big Win
In a single action, Senate Republicans confirmed more than 100 of President Donald Trump’s nominees, reducing the backlog of unfilled appointments. The Senate GOP altered its regulations to allow the majority of executive branch nominees to be approved collectively rather than individually, which led to the confirmations.
The change does not apply to cabinet secretaries and judicial nominees. Since the rule change went into force, this move marks the biggest block of confirmations. Former Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker, who will represent the Bahamas, and former White House Presidential Personnel Office director Sergio Gor, who will represent India, were among those authorized.
Following months of Democratic resistance that had delayed the confirmation process to a standstill, Republicans invoked the so-called “nuclear option”—a party-line rules change—to expedite it.
For a brief period, some Republicans thought about permitting President Trump to nominate people during the break, which would allow him to fill positions while the Senate was not in session. But in the end, GOP leaders turned down that notion, claiming it might backfire when their party is next in the minority.
As his administration continues to fill important positions throughout the federal government amid a persistent partisan impasse, the mass confirmation represents a significant success for Trump.
Senate Republicans considered amending the chamber’s confirmation procedure in September because they were dealing with a backlog of judicial nominations brought on by minority Democrats’ stalling tactics.
Recently, President Trump has named four new federal district court judges. Two of them are top prosecutors in Texas who he praised for following his strict immigration policies in their cases.
In a series of social media posts, Trump announced the four nominees from Florida, Ohio, and Texas. This is part of his ongoing effort to strengthen conservative influence on the federal judiciary, which had already shifted sharply to the right during his first term.
The nominees are Acting U.S. Attorney John Marck of the Southern District of Texas and his No. 2, Arthur “Rob” Jones. The president chose them to be judges for life in their district, which includes Houston.
It was the most recent time that Trump used prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office to fill open positions in the district. The Republican-controlled Senate confirmed Nicholas Ganjei, the district’s previous top federal prosecutor, to a judgeship in February. This made Marck the acting U.S. attorney.
The office has been an important part of Operation Take Back America, a U.S. Department of Justice program that started in 2025 to stop illegal immigration and drug cartels.
Last Friday, Marck said that his office had charged 440 people with immigration and border security crimes in just the last full week of March.
“As Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, John has worked tirelessly to help us deport Criminal Illegal Immigrants and stop the trafficking of Lethal Drugs ravaging our Communities,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
Trump similarly hailed Jones, the executive assistant U.S. attorney, saying he has “fought tirelessly to stop the flow of Illicit Drugs into our Country.” Jones started his career in 2002 as a line prosecutor in Laredo, focusing on border-related crime.
To fill a vacancy in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Trump nominated Mike Hendershot, who serves as chief deputy solicitor general under Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.
Trump said that Hendershot “has strongly and successfully represented Ohio in Election Law cases and challenged the Radical Left Policies of the Obama and Biden Administrations.”
Trump also picked Chief Judge Jeffrey Kuntz of Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal to be a federal judge in the Southern District of Florida
Lisa Kennedy recently married Fred in Hawaii: Who is the Fox News star’s new husband?
Lisa Kennedy recently married Fred in Hawaii: Who is the Fox News star’s new husband?
Fox News personality Lisa “Kennedy” Montgomery has entered a new chapter in her personal life after marrying Fred in a beautiful outdoor ceremony in Hawaii.
Kennedy shared photographs from the celebration at the Four Seasons Resort Lanai, giving followers a glimpse of the man she now calls her husband and the friends who joined them for the occasion.
“Married the love of my life at the Four Seasons Lanai in a Heidi Merrick dress drenched in sunshine and aloha,” Kennedy wrote. “I love you forever, Fred!!”
While Kennedy has been open about how much Fred means to her, she has kept many details about her new husband firmly outside the public spotlight.
Kennedy and Fred celebrate their marriage in Hawaii
The couple exchanged vows during an outdoor ceremony overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Kennedy wore a sparkling white Heidi Merrick gown with a fitted silhouette, completing her bridal look with a veil and colorful tropical bouquet. Fred wore a light-blue suit with a white shirt, light-colored tie and brown shoes. The newlyweds also wore traditional Hawaiian leis.
Photographs showed Kennedy and Fred walking hand in hand as guests applauded, with the bride raising her bouquet in celebration. Another captured them cutting their multi-tiered wedding cake against a backdrop of palm trees, ocean views and the evening sky.
The wedding announcement became a major moment among Kennedy’s followers, receiving more than 154,000 likes and nearly 2,000 comments.
Several familiar Fox News personalities were also part of the celebration. Emily Compagno, Abby Hornacek and Alexis McAdams were among the recognizable guests photographed in Hawaii.
Emily later wrote that they had the “best time celebrating Kennedy and Fred’s marriage,” adding, “The Fox family showed up for our favorite girl.”
Who is Kennedy’s husband, Fred?
Despite the attention surrounding their wedding, Fred remains largely a private figure.
Based on what Kennedy has publicly shared, his surname, profession and detailed background have not been revealed. Even when announcing her marriage, Kennedy continued referring to her husband simply as Fred.
What she has shared, however, offers some insight into how unexpectedly their relationship entered her life.
Lisa Kennedy and her new husband Fred / Youtube
Kennedy discussed Fred publicly when announcing their engagement on The Five in December 2025. She revealed that he had proposed on December 10 and said the two had met recently and “unexpectedly.”
During the emotional on-air conversation, Kennedy described the impact their meeting had on her life.
“He is the most beautiful, wonderful human being,” she said. “And I had totally given up until those elevator doors opened and I met him out of the blue — he changed my life.”
Kennedy has not provided additional details about exactly where that first meeting occurred or the circumstances surrounding it.
Their relationship began before the public announcement
Although viewers did not learn about the engagement until December 2025, Kennedy revealed another detail suggesting Fred had quietly been part of her life for some time.
She told her The Five colleagues that she had secretly brought him to the Fox Christmas party the previous year.
“I snuck him in. Don’t tell security,” Kennedy joked during the conversation.
That revelation indicated the couple had already been seeing each other by at least December 2024, even though Kennedy had kept the relationship away from public attention.
Dana Perino was among those particularly moved by the engagement news.
Perino recalled learning about it while Kennedy was appearing on America’s Newsroom, telling her colleague that the announcement had made her cry.
“And Fred is such a wonderful guy,” Perino said before telling Kennedy, “I cried because I’m so happy for you.”
From a private romance to a Hawaiian wedding
Kennedy continued keeping Fred’s personal details private even as she became more open about their relationship.
That approach remained evident at their wedding. While she shared numerous photographs of their special day and publicly expressed her love for her new husband, she did not use the occasion to reveal his surname, career or other biographical information.
Instead, Kennedy kept the attention on their marriage and the happiness surrounding it.
The couple received congratulations from numerous familiar names, including Kat Timpf, Janice Dean, Sandra Smith, Griff Jenkins, Abby Hornacek and Meghan McCain.
For followers who had watched Kennedy announce her engagement months earlier, the Hawaiian ceremony provided the next chapter in a relationship that had largely developed outside the public eye.
What is publicly known about Fred remains limited, but Kennedy has made one thing unmistakably clear: she considers him the man who unexpectedly entered her life, changed it and ultimately became her husband.
From secretly attending a Fox Christmas party together to an emotional engagement announcement and finally exchanging vows beside the Pacific Ocean, Kennedy and Fred have now made their commitment official — while continuing to keep much of their story between themselves.
