On Thursday, Donald Trump’s nominee for budget director, Russell Vought, passed through his Senate committee hearing 11-0, a unanimous vote. Vought's nomination will now go to the full Senate.

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The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as interior secretary late Thursday after President Donald Trump tapped the former North Dakota governor to spearhead the Republican administration's ambitions to ...

Senate Bills 1 and 2 aim to provide more transparency for the state government by bringing the Legislature and governor's office under the umbrella of public bodies who can be subject to a FOIA ...

WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed former Rep. Sean Duffy as the next secretary of transportation on Tuesday, marking a return to public office for the northwestern Wisconsin Republican after a ...

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — On the morning of January 22, 2025, Republican Senator Michael Rohl brought legislation to increase transparency in South Dakota. The Senate State Affairs Committee killed ...

A Senate panel unanimously advanced President Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Transportation (DOT), former Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.), on Wednesday. Duffy, the former five-term Republican ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — On the morning of January 22, 2025, Republican Senator Michael Rohl brought legislation to increase transparency in South Dakota. The Senate State Affairs Committee ...

Democrats let Secretary of State Marco Rubio blitz to Senate confirmation Monday. Now it’s time for trench warfare. With Donald Trump’s nominees slowly emerging from Senate committees ...

The accusations came as the Republican-led Senate prepares for a vote on Hegseth's confirmation. The slim Republican Senate majority means that Hegseth can lose support from no more than three ...

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 pair cemented the full ...