Two appointed senators, with the significant failure rate of those appointees, might be the helping hand that Senate Democrats need to climb back into power.

Pete Hegseth’s Senate confirmation vote is scheduled for 9 p.m. Friday. In the hours beforehand, it remained unclear if he ...

"Africa can expect substantial changes from the United States over the next four years," Rama Yade, director of the Atlantic Council's Africa Center, wrote in a pre-Inauguration analysis. While Donald ...

Jerome H. Powell has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB) since May 25, 2012, ...

The Department of Justice says it will "vigorously defend" Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship, ...

Saturday, Feb. 1 is George Washington Carver Day in Iowa , a well-deserved honor for the recipient of the Spingarn Medal, ...

Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama would not be able to serve a third term because they served ...

About 40 top leaders joined the effort to prepare for avian flu and other emergencies. Kennedy instead lobbied senators on ...

The removal of a portrait of Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, from a Pentagon hallway was among the president’s early actions.

From hiring undocumented nannies to heavy drinking, sins that sank past Cabinet nominees seem quaint in the new era of low ...

The Senate is muscling Pete Hegseth's nomination to lead the defense department toward confirmation Friday, prioritizing his vow to create a “warrior culture” at the Pentagon over allegations of heavy ...

The Senate is poised to hold a vote to confirm Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as secretary of defense, late Friday evening.