A U.S. Senate subcommittee is taking aim at airlines and their growing use of fees for things like early boarding and better seats.

"Zero" Senate Republicans are opposing Pete Hegseth's confirmation, sources tell The Post, as the defense secretary-designee is making the rounds Wednesday on Capitol Hill and defiantly proclaiming he will "never back down" in the face of widespread allegations of past misconduct.

The Senates three current Hispanic Democrats are calling on President Biden to extend and strengthen humanitarian protections for certain groups of immigrants whose legal status could be stripped by the incoming Trump administration. In a letter on Wednesday, Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.), Alex Padilla (Calif.) and Ben Ray Lujn (N.M.) called on Biden to...

Penelope Hegseth, the mother of Donald Trumps current and embattled nominee for U.S. Secretary of Defense, appeared on the cable network where her son Pete works, to urge the U.S. Senate, and especially female Senators, to disregard media reportswhi...

Californias legislative leaders have decided to trim the number of bills that members of the Assembly and state Senate can introduce.

A U.S. Senate panel planned to take aim at airline executives Wednesday for the carriers’ growing use of fees for early boarding, better seats and other comforts that used to be part of the ticket price.The panels chairman,

“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) vented his displeasure Monday after two Democratic-appointed federal judges reversed their decisions to retire in what appear to be efforts to stop President-elect Trump […]

As many as six Senate Republicans, perhaps more, are currently not comfortable supporting Hegseths bid to lead the Pentagon as new revelations about his past continue to be made public,” […]

The correlation between Senate and presidential votes has been increasing, with 2024 yielding four mismatches, but the average difference between the Senate vote and presidential vote has been decreasing, indicating that voters are becoming more partisan and polarized.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations holds hearings to examine new revelations about airline fees at 10 a.m. ET on Dec. 4.

Executives from United, Delta, American Spirit and Frontier airlines will testify Wednesday to defend billions of dollars in airline seating fees at a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing.

Top airline executives will testify to senators Wednesday about extra fees they charge for bags, seats and boarding passes. A recent report found airlines make billions charging for so-called junk fees.

With just 47 days to go until he takes office, Trump is still facing a battle with the Senate over his Cabinet nominees.

President Obama's attempt to circumvent the Senate's "advise and consent" authority by appointing Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau without Senate confirmation was met with criticism from the media, but Trump's recent nomination of Kash Patel as head of the FBI promises to be a hairy one that could divide Republicans.

How are Democrats strategizing as they prepare for another two years in the minority -- this time, under Donald Trump? NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Democratic strategist Dan Sena.

In todays issue: Key nominees to President-elect Trumps Cabinet are on shaky ground, as senators appear increasingly skeptical of their backgrounds and aptitude to lead federal agencies. Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, a former Army National Guard member and Fox News host, is in hot water as Senate Republicans grow concerned over a new...

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., will join Senate leadership in the next session of Congress.

Republican senators warn incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thunes (R-S.D.) ambitious proposal to tackle President-elect Trumps agenda faces an array of disagreements within their party over strategy and policy. Republican senators are broadly amenable to moving quickly on a budget reconciliation bill that would provide funding to complete construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, to...