President Donald Trump has kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and ...

The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to become the next Treasury secretary and enact the ...

Donald Trump is huddling with House Republicans at a GOP retreat on Monday. Keep up with live updates from the USA TODAY ...

With his confirmation at stake, Pete Hegseth is working the phones ahead of a Senate vote to shore up support to become the ...

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom ...

Some GOP senators want public commitments from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before deciding whether to support him as the next ...

For most of U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s 18-year tenure as the Senate Republican Leader, he was vilified as an “establishment” ...

South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem will be the nation’s next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security after the ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky voted against President Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth.

The Senate has confirmed Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a ...

Trump, via video, and Vance, in person, join Senate majority leader and House speaker at march commemorating anniversary of ...