The Senate braces for a weekend session as partisan battles over President Trump's Cabinet nominees delay key confirmations.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing for Vought on January 15, 2025. Russell Vought's Senate confirmation hearing, January 15, 2025 The Senate ...

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) as his nominee for secretary of homeland security on November 12, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate ...

A slate of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees have appeared before senators in recent days for key hearings on their road to ...

The Senate has confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving President Donald Trump the first member of his Cabinet.

Senate Republicans are kicking off their race to quickly confirm President Trump’s Cabinet nominees, and they’re starting ...

The Senate’s rare bipartisan display of support for one of its own is unlikely to be repeated for any of Trump’s other ...

Update 9:27 a.m. ET, Jan. 20: Today is not only Inauguration Day but it is also a federal holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day ...

Republicans and Democrats were in talks to reach an agreement to allow swift confirmation of Marco Rubio as Donald Trump's secretary of state.

After Donald Trump takes the oath of office and Congress concludes the inaugural pageantry, the Senate will get back to work.

This week in politics, President Joe Biden delivered his farewell address, the Senate conducted confirmation hearings for ...

Will the Senate GOP confirm controversial picks like Pete Hegseth and RFK Jr.? Here’s this week’s full Senate confirmation ...