The Republican-led chamber, requiring only a simple majority, voted to clear a procedural step and set the stage for confirmation likely this weekend.
Republican funding leaders have made an opening offer to Democrats as the two parties launch negotiations toward a deal to fund the government before the mid-March shutdown deadline.
A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a weekend show. Trump tapped him as the defense secretary to lead an organization ...
The Trump tax cuts are set to expire later this year, and that poses a real challenge for policymakers, businesses, and taxpayers alike. Americans face a ...
Trump says the blame for Los Angeles’ struggles to tame some of the deadly fires lies with Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Perhaps some people pay such little attention to the Opposition United National Congress (UNC) and its leader, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, that they missed her statement last November when Donald Trump wo ...
The Senate voted largely along party lines Thursday to advance Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary ...
WASHINGTON – The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet.
As a ban on TikTok is being debated, the younger generation in the U.S. are “voting with their feet” and migrating in droves to a new Chinese App, Xiaohongshu, or “RedNote” in English. A nod to ...
The Minnesota Supreme Court is considering how deeply it should intervene in a power struggle between Democrats and Republicans over control of the state House.
The new order sets out to track down and review “all policies, directives, regulations, orders, and other actions taken” as a result of former President Joe Biden’s sweeping AI executive order of ...
Leaders held their first press conference of the legislative session on Thursday to discuss some of the top issues including the proposed new prison.