Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) previewed what the first 100 days of the second Trump administration will focus on, specifically how Congress will work with President-elect Donald Trump to put the United States “back on track.
President Donald Trump, on a visit Friday to hurricane-ravaged western North Carolina, said he would condition aid to California following the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area, which he’s set to view later today.
Any question over how Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) will assert his independence from Donald Trump was put to rest on Tuesday when he fled into an elevator to avoid questions about thepresident's pardon of violent Jan.
The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth late Friday, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon.
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 Capitol.
Trump and Vance brainstormed with top congressional Republicans on a path to execute the president’s ambitious agenda amid narrow majorities in both chambers of Congress.
The vote came amid concerns about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon amid allegations of heavy drinking and abusive behavior toward women.
Confirming Hegseth despite a grave series of allegations against him appears to provide a measure of Trump's political power and ability to get what he wants from the GOP-led Congress, and of the potency of the culture wars to fuel his agenda at the White House.
Marco Rubio has been confirmed by the Senate as the country’s next secretary of state. The nomination of the senior senator from Florida, 53, was confirmed on Monday, Jan. 20, hours after Donald Trump took the oath of office as the 47th president.