Ratcliffe received a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1987, and a law degree from Southern Methodist University in 1989. Before being elected to Congress, Ratcliffe served as the ...

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

Mr. Ratcliffe was known as a loyalist to the president when he served as director of national intelligence in the final year ...

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced television commentator, author, and retired National Guard officer Pete Hegseth as his nominee for secretary of defense on November 12, 2024. This ...

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What a day, folks. That concludes our live blog coverage for the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump. The president now heads for the various balls and evening events tonight. Thank you so ...

Hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th commander-in-chief of the United States, he withdrew from the World Health Organization as part of a flurry of executive orders he signed. Sitting ...

More than 40 members of Congress, including Oregon Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to breathe new life into a climate lawsuit filed nearly a decade ago by 21 young ...

The Democrats include Cortez-Masto, Gallego,Hassan, Kelly, Ossoff, Peters, Rosen, Shaheen, Slotkin, and Warner. The move came after even the Biden Administration announced that they were opposed to ...

Ten Democrats in the Senate voted Friday to advance the Laken Riley Act, teeing up a final vote in the upper chamber. The Democratic supporters were Sens. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.

Gov. Brian Kemp (R) holds a 6-point lead over Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) in a hypothetical match-up for the 2026 Georgia Senate race, according to an internal poll released Thursday by the ...

The 10 Democrats to vote in favor were Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Gary Peters (D-MI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH ...