The Senate Finance Committee has voted to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr's nomination to serve as the health and human services secretary. NBC News' Ryan Nobles reports from Capitol Hill on the ...

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Friday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., responding to written questions from Senate Democrats ...

Iowa Democrats have flipped a state Senate seat vacated earlier this year by Chris Cournoyer, who resigned to become the state's new lieutenant governor. Democrat Mike Zimmer has defeated ...

The Senate on Tuesday approved on second reading the bill resetting the first-ever Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) elections to October 13, 2025. Senate Bill 2942 was approved ...

Washington — Former Rep. Sean Duffy sailed through his Senate confirmation vote to be transportation secretary, just before some of President Trump's more controversial nominees will be facing ...

The Senate votes 77-22 to confirm Sean Duffy as Transportation secretary. The nomination had been unanimously reported out of the Commerce Committee. The Senate votes 77-22 to confirm Sean Duffy ...

I'm forever grateful for the opportunity the people of my home state have given me," the two-term senator and former congressman said in a statement on social media on Tuesday. His decision to ...

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In a scathing letter to the Senate ahead of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s confirmation ...

Senator Gary Peters of Michigan announced on Tuesday that he would not run for re-election in 2026, forcing Democrats to defend an open seat in a battleground state that President Trump won in ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted 77 to 22 on Tuesday to confirm former U.S. Representative Sean Duffy to head the U.S. Transportation Department. Duffy, who cleared a ...

The U.S. Senate confirmed Scott Bessent Monday to serve as President Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary, making the longtime hedge fund manager the point person for the new administration on a ...