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 ...

"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.

President Donald Trump blasted rivals during his first televised interview since becoming the nation's 47th president on ...

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

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

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The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) may lose its ability to function by the end of Thursday, undermining ...

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

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

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 ...

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