Republican Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy says he is "struggling" with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. At the end of Kennedy's ...

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WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed former Rep. Sean Duffy as the next secretary of transportation on Tuesday, marking a return to public office for the northwestern Wisconsin Republican after a ...

A Senate panel unanimously advanced President Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Transportation (DOT), former Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.), on Wednesday. Duffy, the former five-term Republican ...

On Tuesday, Congress got a new junior senator from Florida: former state attorney general Ashley Moody. Gov. Ron DeSantis named Moody his choice to replace Marco Rubio, who was sworn in as ...

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 ...

NEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Former New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez on Wednesday lost a bid for a new trial, after arguing his recent corruption conviction should be thrown out because jurors were ...

Please respect this decision.” On Wednesday, Parlatore sent a letter to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) insisting that he disregard Dietrich’s allegations.

Senate Republicans hit their full 53-member majority on Tuesday as Sens. John Husted (R-Ohio) and Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) were sworn into office by Vice President Vance. The pair cemented the full ...

Lt. Gov. Jon Husted was sworn in as Ohio's newest U.S. senator Tuesday, just one day after his predecessor became vice president of the United States. Vice President JD Vance administered the oath ...

“I hope that no one is making any plans for the weekend or the evenings because we’re going to get these nominees confirmed,” Senate Republican Conference Chairman Tom Cotton (R-AR) said.

Treasury Secretary designee Scott Bessent’s nomination advanced past a key Senate committee Tuesday, teeing up his likely confirmation with a full floor vote in the coming days. The Senate ...