The Biden administration lifted Cuba's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism on Tuesday, four years after the Trump White House issued the designation.
Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin claimed Democrats are "hypocritical" in questioning of Trump's Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth during his confirmation hearing.
Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy is leading House GOP lawmakers with legislation that would block U.S. taxpayer funding to the World Health Organization.
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will create an External Revenue Service on the first day of his presidency to keep track of tariff payments and revenue flowing into the U.S. from foreign sources.
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, one of the Republican senators who has yet to say whether she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, secured key commitments from the nominee during his confirmation hearing Tuesday.
Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth dodged a question Tuesday about President-elect Donald Trump's eagerness to absorb Greenland into the U.S., telling a Senate committee he would never get ahead of the commander in chief in public.
Former first lady Michelle Obama will not attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, after skipping former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral last week.