President Donald Trump got his two former progressive Democratic Cabinet picks confirmed with little Republican dissent this week despite early predictions that they would have trouble getting through ...

When Marco Rubio testified during his confirmation to become secretary of state, he said that one of the things that ...

Each of these issues, from Social Security reform to more affordable housing to measures to address climate change, is urgent ...

America’s most powerful banking executives have arrived in Washington for a high-stakes roundtable with senators on Capitol ...

Unshackled from leadership and likely to retire, McConnell is increasingly irking GOP colleagues on Trump nominees while offering Democrats welcomed surprises.

Senate Republicans on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services over the ...

Virtually no previous nominee in recent memory to lead the Department of Health and Human Services has gone through such ...

A court order halting the Trump administration's plans to pull all but a fraction of USAID staffers off the job worldwide will stay in place for at least another week.

It’s not clear if Canada wants to become a U.S. state, though technically it would be possible without its buy-in ...

As the longest-serving Senate leader in history, McConnell developed a reputation for keeping his rank-and-file members in line and frustrating Democrats by relentlessly using procedural tactics to ...

WWE co-founder Linda McMahon was in the hot seat on Capitol Hill as she faced questions over her education secretary ...

The 52-48 vote for President Donald Trump's controversial nominee fell largely along party lines, with former majority leader Mitch McConnell the only Republican to vote against RFK Jr.'s confirmation ...