White House sends 26 nominations and one withdrawal to the Senate
The White House sent a large nominations package to the Senate covering 26 names and one withdrawal. The slate spans federal courts, diplomacy, national security, energy, transportation, labor, and independent regulatory agencies.
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Judicial nominations include Philip Lawrence Aubart for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, Gregory Todd Butler for the Fifth Circuit, Joseph Patrick Falvey for the Northern District of Indiana, Eric James Hamilton for the District of Nebraska, and Brian S.
Meyers for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The package also names Fernando Campoamor-Sanchez, Roman Marian Chaban, and Eric Sebastian Glover for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
The foreign affairs and executive branch nominees include Natalie Baker for ambassador to Pakistan, Jeffrey Colyer for ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Benita Gunn for ambassador to Burundi, Cynthia Kierscht for ambassador to Senegal and concurrently Guinea-Bissau, Ian McCary for ambassador to Mali, and Christy McCormick for ambassador to North Macedonia. Other nominations cover Arthur Kleinschmidt as Assistant Attorney General, Gary Lawkowski as General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and Michael LoSapio as director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
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The list also includes Toby Deen for Assistant Secretary of Energy, Arthur Miller for Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Loren Smith, Jr. for Assistant Secretary of Transportation, Christopher Mufarrige for Federal Trade Commissioner, and Matthew Zandi for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The submission notes one withdrawal and resubmission: David MacNeil was again sent to the Senate for a seven-year FTC term after his earlier nomination was transmitted on January 13, 2026.
