The Senate on Wednesday adopted the first amendment to the Laken Riley Act, as Republicans push for a legislative win to open ...

Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon, withstood hours of questioning during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) on Monday said President-elect Trump’s nominee for Defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is ...

Opposition to prospective nominees, along with time-consuming Senate rules, will slow floor action despite the Republican ...

A group of top Senate Republican lawmakers introduced legislation on Friday to re-impose a Foreign Terrorist Organization designation on the Houthis, a signal that the issue is likely to be a top ...

Democrats grilled Trump’s defense secretary pick over ugly allegations against him. But barring a last-minute surprise, he ...

Hearings scheduled this week for more than a dozen of the president-elect's cabinet choices will provide an early test of his ...

“Mr. Hegseth had three audiences: the committee, the United States Senate and the American general ... done a good job in many cases,” Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the committee ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee ... of the Pentagon as the United States faces threats from Russia, China, Iran and adversaries around the world. If approved by the committee, the full Senate ...

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