Former GOP leader Mitch McConnell is back at the Senate Appropriations table for the first time in two decades today as the ...

The Senate on Tuesday passed the nation’s first federal tax credit scholarship program as part of a massive tax and spending ...

No Democrats nor Independents voted for Betsy DeVos for secretary of education, but Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Maine Sen. Susan Collins voted no, requiring then Vice President ...

Mike Pence’s first tie-breaking vote came when he had to vote to confirm Betsy DeVos to be education secretary. Republicans blanched at making Andrew Puzder to be secretary of labor after ...

The other time was Trump's nominee for secretary of education during his first term, Betsy DeVos.While Murkowski and Collins have a history of occasionally voting against Trump's wishes during his ...

It was only the second time in history a Cabinet nominee needed a tie-break to be confirmed. The first was also a Trump nominee, Mrs Betsy DeVos, who became secretary of education in 2017.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was sworn in on Saturday, issued a statement outlining his top priorities for the Pentagon under President Trump. “It is the privilege of a lifetime to lea… ...

Pete Hegseth takes over as secretary of defence as the Trump administration launches a crackdown on immigration - including mass deportations.

Pete Hegseth, an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran and former Fox News host who promised to "return the Pentagon to the warfighters," was confirmed as President Trump's defense secretary in a ...

That nominee was Betsy DeVos, the wealthy Republican donor who had almost no experience in public education and who was confirmed to lead the Department of Education.

Hegseth Is Second Cabinet Secretary in History to Advance on Tiebreaker Vote In 2017, Betsy DeVos barely survived her confirmation vote to become President Trump’s secretary of education.

The US Senate narrowly voted to confirm embattled Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote.