A 19th-century presidential assassination was a signature event in helping the U.S. establish a meritocratic system for ...

Several of Donald Trump’s picks for his Cabinet and key roles in his administration are facing confirmation hearings in the Senate today as the president continues to implement executive actions to ...

Tulsi Gabbard, Kash Patel and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are among Trump's more controversial nominees, and faced tough questions ...

Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee boycotted a meeting Thursday to advance Russell Vought’s nomination to chair the ...

Despite the boycott, Russell Vought's nomination advanced and moves to the Senate for an upcoming confirmation hearing.

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Democrats harshly criticized President Donald Trump for a news conference Thursday in which he said that his predecessors and ...

His funding freeze play was supposed to be part of a well-planned, shock-and-awe takeover. The slapdash result suggests that ...

Russell Vought, Trump’s nominee for budget chief, has a plan: cut taxes for the wealthy, eliminate regulations on corporate ...

Senate Republicans advanced the nomination of Russell Vought to lead the White House budget office as Democrats boycotted the meeting to protest the administration’s recent efforts to freeze ...

The big news out of Russell Vought’s second confirmation hearing before the Senate Budget Committee was impoundment.