South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) moved a step closer to leading the Department of Homeland Security as the Senate voted on Friday to advance her to a final confirmation vote.  Senators voted 61-39 to break a filibuster on Noem’s nomination on Friday evening. Noem's confirmation would put the final piece of President Trump's core...

Vice President Vance on Friday broke a Senate tie to confirm Pete Hegseth as President Trump's secretary of Defense, capping a bruising two-month fight over the nominee, who faced a litany of allegations that included sexual misconduct, financial mismanagement and excessive drinking. GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Susan Collins (Maine) and Mitch McConnell (Ky.) voted...

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), who stepped down from the leadership at the end of last year, cast a surprise vote Friday night against Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s controversial nominee to head the Department of Defense. His vote came as a surprise after he voted Thursday night to advance Hegseth’s nomination to a final...

Kristi Noem cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Friday, teeing up her final confirmation vote for early Sunday.

President Trump Friday signed an executive order reinstating the Mexico City Policy, which forbids using taxpayer money for coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization by NGOs.

The Senate voted Friday night on the confirmation of Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth.

Mexico reportedly denied access to land for a U.S. military plane that was slated to return deportees to the country, according to reports.

Fifty years ago today, the Puerto Rican separatist group, the FALN, bombed Manhattan's historic Fraunces Tavern, but no one has ever been charged in the attack.