The Senate voted 68 to 29 to confirm Mr. Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager, as the next Treasury secretary.

Trump's picks to head all of those agencies will also need to face their own Senate confirmation hearings. While some have ...

In one of President Trump's first executive actions, he pardoned roughly 1,500 people charged​ in connection to the Jan. 6, ...

The Senate narrowly voted to confirm embattled Pete Hegseth as secretary of the Department of Defense, in a major win for ...

Vice President JD Vance delivered a tie breaking vote to confirm Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host, as secretary of ...

Several key U.S. Senate Republicans on Sunday defended President Donald Trump'sdecision to fire independent government ...

Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman said Monday that he is “tired of the venom” in the American political ...

The Senate has confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving President Donald Trump the first member of his Cabinet.

President Trump's priorities of immigration enforcement and promoting U.S. interests in the Panama Canal lead the political ...

The White House is pausing federal grants and loans starting Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s administration begins an ...

Pete Hegseth needed the vice president's vote to break a Senate tie for his confirmation as Defense secretary. Kelly and ...

After an honorary departure, the president will head to the President's Room just off the Senate Chamber in the U.S. Capitol ...