WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Thursday to confirm John Ratcliffe as the next CIA director, approving the second high-level appointment for the new Trump administration. The vote was 74-25 in ...

But Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said. “Admittedly, this nomination is unconventional,” but he compared Hegseth’s choice to that of Trump ...

The Senate on Monday resoundingly confirmed colleague Sen. Marco Rubio to be President Donald Trump’s secretary of State, making him the first member of the 47th president’s cabinet to win the ...

By Clarissa-Jan Lim John Ratcliffe will lead the Central Intelligence Agency under President Donald Trump after the Senate confirmed him to the position by a 74-25 vote Thursday. Twenty Democrats ...

After President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office and Congress concludes the inaugural pageantry and the post-inauguration lunch on Monday, the Senate will get back to work. The first ...

The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Thursday easily advanced former Georgia GOP Rep. Doug Collins’s nomination to be the secretary of Veterans Affairs, setting him up for a full Senate ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate Armed Services Committee voted Monday along party lines to send Pete Hegseth’s nomination to be defense secretary to the Senate floor as President Donald Trump tries to ...

Washington — The Senate on Monday confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, making him the first of President Trump's Cabinet nominees to win the approval of the upper chamber. The Senate ...

sexual assault and other aggressive actions toward women, which he has denied. The vote was 51-49, with a final vote on confirmation expected Friday. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N ...

Senate Republicans hit their full 53-member majority on Tuesday as Sens. John Husted (R-Ohio) and Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) were sworn into office by Vice President Vance. The pair cemented the full ...

The Senate voted on Monday to confirm Marco Rubio as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state, the first high-level Cabinet official for the new administration to be approved by the chamber.

WASHINGTON — The Senate advanced the nomination of Pete ... and Fox News host faces allegations of excessive drinking and aggressive actions toward women, which he has denied.