Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), a decorated combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, says President-elect Trumps pick to lead the Department of Defense is dangerously unqualified and has less management experience than someone running an Applebees restaurant. The manager of the average Applebees has probably managed more people than Pete Hegseth, Duckworth...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) threw cold water on the idea that he could appoint himself to fill Sen. Marco Rubios (R-Fla.) seat, which he is vacating to become President-elect Trump's secretary of state. Absolutely not, DeSantis told reporters on Friday when asked about the scenario. Its funny, you know, these people write these things,...

Federal prosecutors recommended a 15-year prison sentence for former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), who was convicted this summer of trading his political influence for bribes. Prosecutors accused the former chair of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee of accepting lavish bribes including gold bars to act as a foreign agent of Egypt. A...

Prosecutors say former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez should be imprisoned for 15 years, after the Democrat from New Jersey became the first to be convicted of abusing a Senate committee leadership position and the first public official to be convicted of serving as a foreign agent.

“Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trumps nominee for director of national intelligence, is changing her tune on a key intelligence-gathering authority she once sought to repeal as her Senate […]

The incoming Trump administration and Republican-controlled Congress are proposing major tax reform, increased domestic energy production, stronger border security, and cuts to government spending, while House and Senate Republicans are likely going to reprise investigative agendas from the past two years.

Vacancies in part of political shakeup after President-elect Donald Trumps win in November

In todays issue: This weekend, all roads lead to Mar-a-Lago. President-elect Trump, who has called his Florida club the winter White House will spend the remainder of the week hosting groups of Republicans and some Democrats at his residence for meetings ahead of a busy week in Congress of budget reconciliation and Cabinet...

Senate Republicans fear that President-elect Trumps tax agenda could be derailed in the House by several potential landmines, including calls by some GOP lawmakers to raise corporate taxes and to lift the cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions. Senators worry that if one or two House Republicans insist on raising corporate taxes to...

Chuck Schumer wouldnt allow a vote on the Laken Riley Act last year. His party just helped advance it.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine will appoint Vice President-elect JD Vance's replacement.

If you dont like the message, skewer the messengers. Thats the tactic leaders of the House and Senate used to dismiss reporters coverage of the state Legislatures inability to move bills to the governors desk in a timely manner. Beacon Hills top two Democrats recently bashed local media outlets for critical coverage of the Legislatures […]

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), the vice president-elect, announced on Thursday he will resign his seat from the Senate, effective at the start of Friday. Vance sent his resignation letter on Thursday to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R), as he readies for the next four years in the White House. "As I prepare to assume my...

Schumer and other Democrats voted to move the bill forward, but said they want debates and, possibly, amendments.

As the 119th Congress gets underway, some meticulous new research from the Pew Research Center reveals that Christians will make up 87% of voting members in the Senate and House of Representatives in the 2025-27 congressional session. "That's down from 88% in the last session and 92% a decade ago," the research said.

Vice President-elect J.D. Vance announced Thursday his resignation from the Senate effective at midnight, so he can be sworn in as vice president on Jan. 20.

Vance made his intentions known in a letter Thursday to Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, who will choose his successor.