The U.S. Senate confirmed 74 of President Donald Trump's nominees in a single 51-47 party-line vote on Friday, the chamber's last day before the August recess. The group spans senior domestic and diplomatic posts, including Cameron Hamilton to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, David Cummins as Transportation Security Administration administrator, Brett Matsumoto as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Keith Sonderling as Labor secretary and Kari Lake as U.S. ambassador to Jamaica. GOP Sens. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky were not present for the vote. The confirmations broaden the scope of the previously reported package beyond ambassadorial and State Department roles, showing the Senate moving a large bloc of executive nominations at once before lawmakers left Washington. Hamilton takes over FEMA after previously serving as acting leader at the start of Trump's second term and later being ousted after saying the agency should not be eliminated. Cummins, a senior vice president at government contractor Serco, arrives at TSA as the administration pushes to shrink the agency, with Trump having proposed in April cutting more than 9,400 workers and about $1.5 billion in funding. Matsumoto's confirmation comes after Trump dismissed former BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer last August over unsubstantiated accusations tied to a July 2025 employment report. Sonderling, who has been acting Labor secretary since April 20 after Lori Chavez DeRemer resigned amid an investigation into alleged misconduct by her and her husband, now takes the role permanently. Lake, a former news anchor and Republican Arizona gubernatorial and Senate candidate, will replace Chargé d’Affaires Scott Renner, who has served as acting ambassador to Jamaica since last January. The broader confirmation package still includes previously reported ambassadorial and senior State Department picks, among them Daniel Perez for Brazil, whose nomination may still face diplomatic complications because Brazil has delayed formal approval.