After an extremely contentious series of debates and public and private battles, the Senate was deadlocked on Trump’s Ed Sec nominee Betsy DeVos. VP Mike Pence then cast the historic tie-breaking vote, confirming DeVos. The move could clear the way for the confirmation of several more cabinet picks this week.

+ NPR: How Betsy DeVos became Trump’s least popular cabinet pick. (This is a slightly misleading headline. DeVos was Trump’s least popular cabinet pick that the Dems had a chance of defeating.)