The Senate Finance Committee voted 16-11 on Tuesday morning to advance the nomination of Scott Bessent, President Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary. Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) bucked party lines to join Republicans in backing the nomination. But the vote did not come without last-minute opposition from Democrats. Senate Finance Chairman Ron...
Comedian Jon Stewart on Monday criticized the appearance of tech moguls at President Trump’s inauguration. “Yes, taking the place of seats normally reserved for Democratic or Republican governors, sat Zuck, Bezos, Tim Cook, Elon, Tic Tac guy, Google guy, the six guys who control maybe 20 percent of the world's wealth and 100 percent of...
Former Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), whom President Trump nominee selected to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is scheduled to testify at her confirmation hearing on Tuesday. Stefanik will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee starting at 10 a.m. EST. Watch it live in the video player above.
A bipartisan bill called the Protecting Students on Campus Act, recently reintroduced in the Senate, aims to make it easier for students to file civil rights complaints against their schools. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) reintroduced the legislation after previously bringing it forth...
President Trump ended his Inaugural Ball on Monday with a dance that included fist pumps and a large sword. At the end of Monday's event at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., "YMCA" by The Village people began to play, as it has at many Trump rallies and events in recent months....
President Trump's commitment to border security and immigration reform is supported by Utah Sen. John Curtis, who emphasizes the need to uphold both compassion and the rule of law in addressing the issue of illegal immigration.
Jon Stewart is defending former first lady Michelle Obama for displaying a "consistent ethical stance" by skipping President Trump's inauguration. "Former President Obama was there, George Bush seemed kind of there," Stewart said on Monday's "The Daily Show," name-checking former commanders in chief and critics of Trump who attended the 47th president's inauguration at the Capitol. "Even...
While President Joe Biden issued many pardons before leaving office, he did not pardon various individuals Trump has blasted who were connected to cases against the Republican figure.
House Republicans are pushing a new bill to limit birthright citizenship to babies born with at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker bashed President Trump's executive orders on immigration and birthright citizenship, calling it "unconstitutional."