The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) may lose its ability to function by the end of Thursday, undermining a key U.S.-EU agreement.

Lee Zeldin, a former GOP lawmaker and Trump's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, cleared an important hurdle Thursday morning. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved ...

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The Senate confirmation hearings for Trump’s second-term nominees have revealed a dramatic departure from the first term, ...

The Senate Banking Committee voted along party lines to approve Scott Turner’s nomination for Housing and Urban Development secretary. He previously served as the executive director of the White House ...

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But his pick to lead the CIA, John Ratcliffe, appeared on a glidepath to be formally approved by the Senate. ...

The ONA has not warned its members of the dangers posed by the threats of the Trump administration to undertake ICE raids in ...

Trump's promised tax cuts, and their potential consequences for the U.S. economy, took center stage at Bessent's confirmation ...

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said on Thursday that the dollar should remain the world's reserve currency, the Federal Reserve should stay independent and ...