The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee holds a business meeting to consider the nomination of Sean Duffy, a former representative of Wisconsin, to be secretary of transportation, at 10 a.m. ET on Jan. 22.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) put the procedural wheels in motion to confirm embattled secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth by the end of the week. Senate Republicans are moving ahead quickly on Hegseths nomination despite an affidavit from his former sister-in-law obtained by Senate Democrats that accuses him of having an alcohol problem and...

Senate Democrats are sounding the alarm over a sworn affidavit from the ex-sister-in-law of Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth that accuses him of being abusive toward his second wife. The document emerged on Tuesday, one day after the Senate Armed Services Committee advanced Hegseths nomination on a party-line vote and as Senate Republicans push to...

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he plans to oppose the nomination of Kash Patel, President Trumps nominee to lead the FBI. Kash Patel has neither the experience, the temperament, nor the judgment to lead the FBI, Durbin said in a statement after a 30-minute meeting with Patel....

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) has formally introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate that would create the External Revenue Service with funds from repurposing money that former President Joe Biden had sent to the IRS to hire more agents.The post

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 paircementedthe full majority after weeks of being stuck at 51 or 52 GOP members. "Both our new senators bring valuable experience, expertise and perspective to the Senate Republican majority...

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) assured skeptical Senate Democratsduring her confirmation hearing as President Trump's pick for U.N. ambassadorthat she is committed to engaging in the United Nations, saying its a priority venue to challenge Chinas push for dominance on the global stage. Stefanik, the former Republican Conference Chair, is likely to get bipartisan support in...

Democratic Senate nominees did not win in all of the swing states.

Leading Senate Republicans have been delivering fiery rebukes as their Democrat colleagues slowed down the process of confirming President Donald Trump‘s Cabinet nominees for his nascent second term in the White House. After Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) objected to a deal agreement that would have allowed a final vote on John Ratcliffe‘s nomination to become ...

Former Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) criticized President Trump for pardoning roughly 1,500 people who were arrested during the Jan, 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol, including some who harmed police. At least 600 insurrectionists were formally accused of assaulting, resisting or impeding law enforcement. No one should excuse violence. And particularly violence against...

Donald Trump has replaced the acting U.S. Attorneys in Manhattan and Brooklyn as their permanent counterparts await Senate confirmation after a cadre of House Republicans last month urged the president to quickly fill top federal prosecutor jobs with loyalists.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is delivering remarks to State Department employees Tuesday afternoon in a welcoming ceremony hours after being sworn in. Rubio, a former Republican senator from Florida, was Trump's first confirmed cabinet secretary, receiving unanimous support from the Senate on Monday.

President Donald Trump has named a veteran agent to serve as acting director of the FBI. The White House on Monday included Brian Driscoll on a list of officials being tapped to lead agencies on an acting basis. Driscoll was tapped to lead the FBI pending the Senate confirmation of Kash Patel, Trumps nominee for […]

Scott Bessent inches one step closer to Treasury secretary.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Tuesday blasted President Trumps sweeping pardon of people convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol as un-American. There is no other way to describe President Trumps pardon of Jan. 6 offenders than un-American. Lets be clear. President Trump didnt just pardon protesters....