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 ...

Scott Bessent, a South Carolina billionaire hedge fund manager, wasted no time getting to the crux of his confirmation ...

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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 ...

"It won't be any consolation to struggling Americans that their hardship allows some rich buddy of Donald Trump's to buy a bigger yacht," said Sen. Ron Wyden.

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

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

Blue states are preparing for the change in administration. But does Oregon's leadership have the fortitude and stamina to to ...

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded two exceedingly competitive grants to Bend's High Desert Museum ...

Republicans are considering several changes to roll back the Affordable Care Act and drastically cut federal funding.