The United States Senate has confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees to government positions, following a recent rule change that allows the chamber to approve lower-level appointments in batches rather than individually.

Key political appointments on Thursday included Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former FOX News host and ex-fiancee of Donald Trump Jr, as US Ambassador to Greece.

Callista Gingrich, the wife of conservative political pundit Newt Gingrich, was also appointed ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. She previously served as US Ambassador to the Holy See during Trump’s first administration.

The Republican-controlled Senate also approved dozens of nominations to the departments of defence, energy, labour, and the interior, as well as the US ambassadors to Argentina an

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