The 25th member of President Donald Trump's cabinet was confirmed Monday despite concerns about her past work for Planned ...

Susan Collins (R-Maine), chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, sai government shutdowns are inherently a failure to govern effectively.

President Donald Trump picks every member of his cabinet, but he needs the support of a majority of the Senate for them to be confirmed. A Senate committee questions each nominee in a hearing before ...

Republicans are raising concerns about what the Trump-backed strategy to stave off next week’s government shutdown threat could mean for defense programs for the next six months. President Trump ...

I ’m avoiding getting too high on the good days and too low on the bad days,” Mitch McConnell was telling me. “Is today a ...

Civilians working for the Navy and the Defense Department’s health and logistics agencies were the first to lose their jobs ...

Despite being attacked by Democrats as woefully unqualified, many of President Donald Trump's most controversial nominees ...

The Defense Department’s first phase of firing civilian workers began this week, Pentagon officials confirmed Thursday.

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris told The Washington Times that he and other fiscal hard-liners are willing to ...

Maine Senator Susan Collins said she has “areas of disagreement” with President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers ...

Auto tariff pause: The Trump administration said on Wednesday that it would allow carmakers to escape the tariffs imposed on all goods from Canada and Mexico for one month. The announcement came a day ...

There is no doubt that Putin was the aggressor in Ukraine and launched a brutal, unprovoked attack,” said Senate ...