Pete Hegseth's nomination for secretary of the Defense Department has enough Republican support needed to clear the Senate Armed Services Committee after he picked up a key endorsement after his confirmation hearing.

While Republican states were working to limit school history lessons and ban transgender athletes, President Joe Biden's education chief says he was focused on what matters: putting more social workers in schools, expanding summer school and building a pipeline of new teachers.

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ordered that flags at the U.S. Capitol be raised to their full height on Inauguration Day, pausing a 30-day flag-lowering order following the death of former President Jimmy Carter.