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.
Steve Bannon hopes to get Elon Musk to see the populist light after President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House and starts implementing his policy vision.
Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth defended his past comments about women serving in combat, saying he is focused on standards that have eroded for such roles, not the gender of the service member.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut cast doubt Tuesday on nominee Pete Hegseth's ability to run the Department of Defense, pointing to claims of financial mismanagement when President-elect Donald Trump's pick ran a pair of veterans' groups.
Former first lady Michelle Obama will skip the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, the second time in two weeks that she is not attending a gathering of former U.S. leaders and their spouses, but former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will be there.
The top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee told Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth he's unsuitable to lead a department with 3.5 million service members and civilian employees and an annual budget of nearly $900 billion.