The Senate on Monday confirmed Chris Wright, the CEO of fracking company Liberty Energy, to lead the Energy Department. The vote was 59-38. Democrat Sens. Michael Bennet (Colo.), Ruben Gallego (Ariz.), Maggie Hassan (N.H.), Martin Heinrich (N.M.), John Hickenlooper (Colo.), Ben Ray Luján (N.M.) and Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) as well as independent Sen. Angus King...
Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee are calling on Chair Brian Mast (R-Fla.) to convene an urgent hearing with senior Trump administration officials, raising concerns over potentially illegal efforts to shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), joined by Democratic members of the committee, urged Mast to convene a hearing with...
Democratic leaders in both chambers on Monday vowed to introduce legislation to “stop unlawful meddling in the Treasury Department's payment systems.” Democrats have been sounding the alarm over reports that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by billionaire tech investor Elon Musk, was given access to the Treasury Department's sensitive payment systems. “We must...
Fox News Digital spoke to experts this week about Trump's plan to eliminate the Department of Education, what that process looks like, and what obstacles Trump faces.
In a series of Truth Social posts, President Donald Trump named Michael Ellis, Joe Kent and Sean Parnell for roles in the CIA, the ODNI and the Pentagon.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in an exclusive interview with Fox News, sounded off on USAID's "rank insubordination" shortly after proclaiming himself head of the embattled agency.
Brooke Rollins, the former president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute, had earned broad support from farmers and growers' groups ahead of her Senate confirmation vote.
President Donald Trump railed against the FBI as a "very corrupt" institution and said his nominee to be FBI director, Kash Patel, will "straighten it out."