The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to confirm Doug Collins as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, as 24 Democrats joined all Republicans in voting for the nomination in a 77-23 vote. Collins is not ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may have framed himself as a grassroots political candidate in the 2024 election, but Democrats during Wednesday’s Senate Finance Committee hearing to confirm the secretary of ...

President Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services secretary was confronted with his history of vaccine skepticism and ...

Kennedy’s stance represents a significant change-up from his past statements about abortion—and Senator Maggie Hassan, a ...

Senator Maggie Hassan took to the Senate floor to voice strong opposition to Pete Hegseth’s nomination as Secretary of Defense. Hassan criticized Hegseth’s alleged lack of skills, experience ...

ATLANTA — U.S. Sens. Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff announced they’d secured more than $500,000 to help homeless veterans living in the Atlanta area, through a combination of rental ...

Lt. Gov. Jon Husted was sworn in as Ohio's newest U.S. senator Tuesday, just one day after his predecessor became vice president of the United States. Vice President JD Vance administered the oath ...

WASHINGTON, D. C. - Columbus-area Republican Jon Husted on Tuesday resigned from his post as Ohio lieutenant governor and was sworn in as Ohio’s newest U.S. senator, replacing newly-minted U.S ...

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