Energy committee chairman Sen. Mike Lee postponed Burgum's hearing, saying his paperwork was unnecessarily delayed.

Get the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump and the new Congress.

Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.) on Monday announced that he will vote for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to become the ...

She met with former Syria President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus seven years ago. He has been accused of atrocities against ...

Senate hearings are scheduled this coming week for several of Trump’s picks for the Cabinet. Many have met with senators ...

The U.S. Senate energy panel said on Monday the nomination hearing for President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of ...

Senate confirmation hearings scheduled this week for more than a dozen of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s cabinet choices ...

Under the bill, called the Laken Riley Act, state attorneys general like Ken Paxton would have the ability to challenge ...

Anti-immigrant state officials and federal judges would have new power to dictate immigration enforcement– including whether ...

Most Democrats joined Republicans in voting to take up the measure, which would require the detention and deportation of ...

The bill would require the government to detain migrants living in the country illegally who are suspected of crimes, even if ...

Some are expected to have smooth confirmation paths, like Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state, while others, like defense ...