Secretary of State Marco Rubio wasted no time making his mark on the State Department on Monday, issuing an order implementing a “One Flag Policy” at all State Department facilities both domestic and abroad. No more will divisive symbols designed to appease narrow constituencies of the Democratic Party hang from flag poles of U.S. embassies […]
Sen. Mitch McConnell was one of three Republicans to vote against Pete Hegseth, who was narrowly confirmed as President Donald Trump's defense secretary.
Vice President J.D. Vance cast his first tie-breaking vote on Friday night to help the Senate confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, as the nominee convinced just enough Republicans that attacks on his character and qualifications were unfounded.
President Trump and California Gov. Newsom put aside their animosity Friday and embraced each other on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport ahead of their tour of the city's wildfires.
House Democrats urged President Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio to lift the foreign assistance freeze mandated by an executive order from earlier this week, cutting off most U.S-funded foreign development projects around the world. The Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), the ranking...
President Trump’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is ordering every head of departments and agencies to terminate all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices and workers within 60 days. The OPM, in a new Friday memo, has directed each leader of every agency, department or commission to “terminate, to the maximum extent allowed by law,...
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...