The Senate confirmed Chris Wright, the head of fracking company Liberty Energy, as energy secretary in an 59-38 vote on ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to be President Donald Trump director of national intelligence cleared a key Senate committee Tuesday despite concerns raised about her past ...

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., called out Democratic senators' "hypocritical" line of questioning of Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth during his confirmation hearing. Hegseth ...

The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on Inauguration Day. Rubio, the ...

Republican senators say they want to convince President Trump to support their plan to take the lead on a budget reconciliation package when they meet with him at Mar-a-Lago on Friday. Republican ...

Washington — Speaker Mike Johnson urged his Senate GOP colleagues to wait for the House to "do its work" to advance President Trump's agenda. He and House Republicans met with Mr. Trump for ...

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On a party-line vote of 14 to 13, the panel sent Kennedy’s nomination to the full Senate for a vote. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said he looked forward to seeing Kennedy take on populist issues ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to be President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence cleared a key Senate committee Tuesday despite concerns raised about her past ...

The Senate’s role of “advice and consent” is a marathon of meetings and paperwork. By Noah Weiland Reporting from Washington Some of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s selections for ...

Democrats let Secretary of State Marco Rubio blitz to Senate confirmation Monday. Now it’s time for trench warfare. With Donald Trump’s nominees slowly emerging from Senate committees ...

For the first time in over a century, two freshmen represent Ohio in the U.S. Senate. Sens. Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted took the oath of office last month after a series of dominos fell to land ...