The vote broke the Senate filibuster and sets up a final confirmation vote, which will likely take place Friday. Democrat John Fetterman voted against advancing Hegseth for secretary of defense.

President Trump is sending 1,500 additional troops to the southern border, building off the executive actions he signed on Monday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced to reporters.

A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a weekend show. Trump tapped him as the defense secretary to lead an organization ...

Senate Democrats are returning to the confirmation wars of 2017 as they attempt to find their footing in a new Republican majority. Democrats are dragging out the confirmation process for ...

President Donald Trump has kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and ...

Many Republicans on Capitol Hill do not agree with President Donald Trump's decision to pardon and commute sentences for more than 1,500 people charged with crimes related to the Jan. 6 attack on the ...

Under Trump, it will be legal to bribe politicians again, the revolving door of Washington will continue to swing, and calls ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams sat for an interview on The Tucker Carlson Show, completing his conservative evolution in ...

The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the ...

Stocks were called to open slightly higher on Tuesday morning, as UK market participants digest the latest unemployment data. The UK's unemployment rate rose above analysts' forecast in November, to ...