After all, Trump has promised both to abolish the Department of Education and that Washington will lead when it comes to ...

Confirmation votes taken thus far in Trump’s second term show fewer Democrats are voting in favor of the picks, roll call votes show. In 2025, five out of the nine confirmation votes received at least ...

ANALYSIS: Trump has finally bent the Senate to his will. And, as Eric Garcia writes, he has done it at the expense of ...

Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy has a history of bucking political pressure and has expressed wariness over Kennedy ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Schools and universities responding to complaints of sexual misconduct must return to policies created during President Donald Trump's first term, with requirements for live hearings ...

The Senate is holding hearings and voting on President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks. Here’s which earned the most bipartisan ...

The Republican-led Senate, with Vice President JD Vance’s vote, confirmed the appointment of the former Fox News host and ...

The Senate just barely confirmed Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary last week. Mitch McConnell’s vote against him in particular could spell trouble for Trump's shakiest nominees, including Robert F.

Vance’s tie-breaking vote to confirm a cabinet member was the second in American history after Mike Pence did the same to confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education in the first Trump ...

In 2017, then-Vice President Mike Pence cast the deciding vote for Betsy DeVos as education secretary. Hegseth, 44, has been in the thick of several allegations regarding alcohol abuse, sexual ...

The only previous incident was in 2017, when Mike Pence, then-vice president under Donald Trump in his first term, cast the deciding vote for Betsy DeVos to be secretary of education. For his bid ...

The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth late Friday, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon.