According to the Partnership for Public Service and the Washington Post tracker, 108 Trump nominees are awaiting Senate action.
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The Charlie Kirk ShowJul 30, 2026
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… We are about to see the Senate take six weeks off. It's not even a month, six weeks off. And I want to, I want to point something out, Blake. You make this point brilliantly all the time. According to the Partnership for Public Service and the Washington Post tracker, more than a hundred Trump nominees are still sitting in the Senate right now, with about a hundred and eight awaiting action. All told, there is approximately 800 top roles that they track out of 1300 that require confirmation. The 800, only 360 have been confirmed, and we are well into Year Two of Trump 2.0. What are we doing here? What are we doing here? …
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Context. A legalclarity.org summary (unrated, secondary) says the Washington Post tracker showed 82 awaiting Senate action as of May 2026, which is a different date and figure from the claim.[3]
Context. The Washington Post tracker page shows 91 nominees being considered by the Senate in an undated snapshot, which is near but not equal to 108 and does not establish the status on 2026-07-30.[2]
Context. Yahoo's October 2026 report cites Partnership for Public Service figures on nominees put forward and vacancies, but gives no count of nominees awaiting Senate action on 2026-07-30.[4]
Context. A Reuters report from August 2026 says the Senate confirmed 74 nominations on one day, a later event that does not address the pending count as of July 30.[1]
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4 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1US Senate confirms dozens of Trump nominees, filling gaps in ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Tracking Trump’s Cabinet and administration nominations ...washingtonpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 3Trump Nominees: Confirmations, Withdrawals, and Vacancieslegalclarity.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 4Report: Trump Faces Decades-High Staffing Shortfall - Yahooyahoo.com · not rated · cited for: context
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