South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) will cap off a packed week of confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees when she appears Friday on Capitol Hill, just days before the

The Senate’s confirmation hearing of Russell Vought, one of Washington’s staunchest advocates for cutting spending, offered a preview Wednesday of the bruising spending wars likely to consume ...

Russell Vought testifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on his second nomination to be OMB director, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2025. (Photo by JEMAL COUNTESS/AFP via Getty Images) Making a bid for his ...

President-elect Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, faced questions on Capitol Hill. He was pressed about plans to exert greater power over government ...

As such, he has stressed that Noem needs to be confirmed right after Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, citing how New Orleans is preparing to host the annual Super Bowl game next month.

Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for White House budget director, declined Wednesday to fully commit to doling out congressionally approved funds, specifically U.S ...

The new administration is set to face significant challenges, including heightened geopolitical tensions, economic recovery, and domestic political polarisation.

This week in politics, President Joe Biden delivered his farewell address, the Senate conducted confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump's nominees, the Supreme Court upheld the looming TikTok ban, Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire, Trump's inauguration was moved indoors and more.

— WINNER: The U.S. Secret Service. Yes, a presidential inauguration is probably the most intricately planned, thoroughly secured mass public event in American life. But after two assassination attempts on Trump last year, the beleaguered protective service has gotta be glad Trump will be spending the day in more easily defensible space.

"Your head will spin when you see what's going to happen," Trump said. Here's a closer look at what he promised to do on Day 1.

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced lawyer and former head of Trump's Domestic Policy Council in his first presidential term Brooke Rollins as his nominee for secretary of agriculture on November 23, 2024. This presidential appointment requires ...