A former U.S. ambassador to Canada under the Obama administration said Donald Trump’s pick for the role in Ottawa bodes well for the relationship between the two countries. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced on Nov. 20 that Pete Hoekstra will be heading to Ottawa to serve as U.S. ambassador once he’s confirmed by the Senate. […]

The decision is a break from precedent following years of open testimony.

A Senate floor vote could be next for Chesapeake National Recreation area.

The leaders of the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have declined to testify publicly at a scheduled Senate hearing on global national security threats

WASHINGTON (AP) The leaders of the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security declined to testify publicly at a scheduled Senate hearing Thursday on global national security threats, a break from precedent following years of open testimony before the panel.Their choice to not provide public testimony about their departments efforts to address wide-ranging national security...

The last time the Senate rejected a President's Cabinet nominee of the same party was in 1925, when Coolidge nominated Warren for AG.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) suggested that President-elect Trump appointing former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to serve as the head of the Justice Department (DOJ) is somewhat of a power play against Senate Republicans. "I think the bottom line here is that there is an element of Trump wanting to sort of subjugate Republican senators here,"...

Albritton wrote in a memo that he asked members of the minority caucus to serve as Vice Chairs of many committees.The post Central Florida lawmakers tapped to lead Senate committees appeared first on Florida Politics - Campaigns &...

The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs holds a full committee hearing titled “Threats to the Homeland” featuring Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and National Counterterrorism Center Acting Director Brett Holmgren. This hearing is scheduled to commence at 10:00 a.m. ET on Nov. 21.

Most will be Vice Chairs, since South Florida is still mostly represented in the Senate by Democrats.The post Ben Albritton names South Floridians to leadership posts in most Senate committees appeared first on

I recently heard that the Washington Commanders could move back to D.C. if the RFK Stadium property gets turned into a new NFL stadium ("RFK Stadium bill advances to Senate vote," Web, Nov. 19).

With Donald Trump returning to the presidency and Republican control of the Senate and House, work requirements are likely to be back on the agendathrough federal legislation or Medicaid waivers. This issue brief highlights the history of Medicaid work requirements, describes recent state activity to advance work requirement policies, and recaps the landscape of work requirement approvals and p...

The Democratic chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee blasted the heads of the FBI and Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, issuing a rare but sharp rebuke of the two officials for failing to appear for a hearing. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) said both Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray...