He has offered a vision for a more aggressive spy agency, and his focus on the threat from China is widely shared by Republican and Democratic lawmakers.

A slate of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees have appeared before senators in recent days for key hearings on their road to ...

After Donald Trump takes the oath of office and Congress concludes the inaugural pageantry, the Senate will get back to work.

President Donald Trump's executive order authorized 2,500 federalized National Guardsmen to be deployed to the active duty ...

John Ratcliffe for CIA director, Sean Duffy for Transportation secretary and Russell Vought for Office of Management and Budget director. The nominees stuck close to Trump, with Bondi refusing to ...

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US President-elect Donald Trump has filled key posts in his upcoming administration, leaning on allies and strong loyalists ...

Trump's nominees for secretary of State, attorney general, CIA director, Energy secretary and Transportation secretary went ...

Tom Cotton of Arkansas says Tuesday’s vote was put off after Senate Democrats raised objections about John Ratcliffe’s ...

Jeff Bezos blocked an editorial in the Washington Post last year that endorsed Kamala Harris’s run for the presidency, and ...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be Secretary of Homeland Security, is sworn in before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for her ...