PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A letter submitted to the U.S. Senate that states it was sent by physicians in support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as secretary of Health and Human Services includes the names of doctors who have had their licenses revoked, suspended or faced other discipline, The Associated Press has found. The […]
Scott Bessent, founder and chief executive officer of Key Square Group LP and US treasury secretary nominee for US President-elect Donald Trump, during a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. Senate voted on Monday to confirm Scott Bessent […]
Beyond Matt Gaetzthere has been perhaps no Donald Trump nominee with as fraught a path to confirmation as Pete Hegseth. Soon after the president-elect announced him as his pick for defense secretary, the former Fox News host was beset by the publicization of a sexual assault accusation (which he’s denied), as well as reports about […]
Americans know very little about the new Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) as he prepares to lead the Senate that will operate under a Republican majority, according to a survey that was released on Thursday. The Economist/YouGov poll found that the South Dakota Republican is unknown to half of Republican voters. Around 56 percent…
All voters are equal, but some voters are more equal than others. And the most equal of all live in the Equality State. Wyoming has fewer than 435,000 eligible voters but gets two senators—the same as California, which has over 67 times as many eligible voters. Republicans’ advantage in low-population states is part of what […]
WASHINGTON — Approaching a midnight government shutdown deadline, the Senate set up votes toward final passage late Friday of a new plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but drops President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit increase into the new year. House Speaker Mike Johnson had insisted Congress would “meet […]
Mitt Romney delivered his farewell speech before the U.S. Senate in early December. It isn’t hyperbole to say it marked the end of an era. Romney’s time in public service, which has spanned well over two decades, will be considered historic — he is the only American to serve as governor of one state and […]
WASHINGTON — The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s views on vaccines, accusations of sexual misconduct against Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard’s 2017 meeting with then-President Bashar Assad of Syria. While some GOP senators have indicated […]
The path for the NFL’s Washington Commanders to return to the nation’s capital is clear after an on-again, off-again saga in Congress ended early Saturday with a postmidnight reprieve. The U.S. Senate passed a resolution to transfer the land including old RFK Stadium from the federal government to the District of Columbia. The D.C. Robert […]
The Supreme Court is pictured on Oct. 7 in Washington, D.C. Mariam Zuhaib/AP hide caption toggle caption Mariam Zuhaib/AP WASHINGTON — A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce a new code of conduct. Any […]
