Senate committees on Thursday approved a handful of Trump Cabinet nominees setting them up for approval by the full chamber.

The committee vote was split along party lines, with Democrats saying that a lack of an FBI background check for Turner was a ...

Scott Turner, President Trump's pick to head the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, faced opposition from ...

Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Saturday she didn’t understand why President Trump fired ...

President Donald Trump fired the independent inspectors general from at least a dozen federal agencies, with the sudden move ...

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Doug Collins, a former GOP lawmaker and Trump's pick to run the Department of Veterans Affairs, picked up nearly full support in the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. The panel voted 15-1, with Sen.

“It’s a purge of independent watchdogs in the middle of the night. Inspectors general are charged with rooting out government ...

From left, U.S. Sen. Brian Shatz, Gov. Josh Green and HUD Regional Administrator Jason Pu celebrate Hawaiʻiʻs receipt of a $6 ...

A federal judge on Tuesday delayed a sweeping order by the Trump administration to freeze trillions in federal grants and loans just as it was set to go into effect, after the move sowed confusion and ...

Picked to lead the housing agency under Trump, the former Texas House member tells senators there is a housing crisis. Democrats say they want to act only after a background check.

With little power in Republican-led Washington, D.C., California Democrats struggle to mount a countereffort to President ...