Democratic Senator Peter Welch of Vermont told CNN of Patel's confirmation: "It's the end of the FBI as we know it. Patel is an instrument of Donald Trump. Donald Trump's policy towards the Justice ...

Hegseth directed the Pentagon to find $50 billion in cuts for the next fiscal year so the money can be spent on Trump's ...

Donald Trump’s gutting of the federal government is coming to the Department of Defense. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ...

The State Department has ordered the cancellation of all news subscriptions deemed “non-mission critical,” according to ...

The GOP's recent and longest-serving Senate party leader has stood in opposition to his conference multiple times, ...

GOP senators are on track to confirm all of Trump’s Cabinet nominees and have mostly swallowed their concerns.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says he expects former Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) to vote with Senate ...

Russ Vought, Trump's choice to lead the Office of Management and Budget and an architect of Project 2025 was confirmed by the ...

Thom Tillis was considering a no vote on Pete Hegseth to be defense secretary last month ... Tillis delivered the message directly to Senate Majority Leader John Thune the night before the vote, ...

Sen. Thom Tillis told colleagues he was a “no” the night before the defense secretary’s confirmation, setting off party pressure. His turnaround left witnesses who had come forward as collateral ...

The framers of the Constitution imagined Congress as the preeminent branch of government. But many GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill seem content to play second fiddle.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Hegseth ... the anti-vaccine advocate at Health and Human Services. “Is Pete Hegseth truly the best we have to offer?” said Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode ...