Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump's nominees in a single vote. This confirmation follows a recent rule change by Senate Republicans, known as the "nuclear option," which allows for expedited approvals of nominees in batches with a simple majority vote instead of the previous 60-vote threshold. The confirmed nominees include Kimberly Guilfoyle as U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Callista Gingrich as Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and Brandon Williams as Under Secretary for Nuclear Security at the Department of Energy. This vote was along party lines, 51-47, and marks the first batch of confirmations under the new rule aimed at overcoming Democratic delays in approvals.