The Senate on Wednesday adopted the first amendment to the Laken Riley Act, as Republicans push for a legislative win to open the new Congress. The legislation in its current form would mandate ...

President-elect Donald Trump has encouraged billionaire biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to consider filling Ohio’s vacant Senate seat should the post be offered to him, according to two ...

President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, was interrupted by at least three protesters during his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday. "Veterans are ...

The Laken Riley Act on Monday cleared a second procedural hurdle in the Senate as talk turns to an amendment push by Democrats in order to potentially make alterations to the bill. Senators voted ...

While some hearings will be perfunctory, others could get contentious. Many of President-elect Donald Trump's nominees to serve in top Cabinet and senior advisory roles are slated to appear on ...

Vice President-elect JD Vance resigned from his Ohio Senate seat at midnight Thursday ahead of his upcoming inauguration later this month.With Donald Trump and Vance's victory over Democrats ...

The report follows a 20-month probe by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee. But with Republicans set to take control of the Senate, the report is unlikely to go anywhere. By Clarissa-Jan ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - President-elect Donald Trump is urging his former 2024 GOP primary campaign rival, Vivek Ramaswamy, to consider an appointment to Ohio's vacant U.S. Senate seat, according to a ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, faced a Senate grilling on Tuesday as lawmakers determine whether they will vote in support of the nominee.

Amid sometimes probing questions, the hearings abounded in courtesy, without the angry flashes that marked Senate appearances this week by former Fox and Friends co-host Pete Hegseth, Trump's ...

Despite a sudden adjournment of the Michigan House earlier Thursday, the Michigan Senate continued voting all night and into Friday afternoon, passing bills through to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk ...

Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso said when asked whether Hegseth has the votes to be confirmed that he "certainly has the qualities that we need to lead the Pentagon." But Barrasso added that ...