The Latest: Cabinet progress; Rick Perry confirmed at Energy

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominations (all times local):
2:15 p.m.
The Senate has confirmed former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to serve as energy secretary under President Donald Trump.
The vote was 62-37 on Thursday.
Perry — who once pledged to eliminate the department — has repeatedly promised be an advocate for the agency and to protect the nation’s nuclear stockpile. Perry also has said he’d rely on federal scientists, incl