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 ...

Scott Bessent on Monday secured confirmation to lead the Department of the Treasury, putting President Trump’s top economic ...

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 ...

At a closed-door House Republican retreat Saturday morning, newly re-elected House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said President-elect Donald Trump was in favor of passing a single reconciliation ...

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.