The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday voted along party lines to support the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health ...

Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary—a key victory for one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial cabinet picks, after some GOP lawmakers remained on-the-fence due to Kennedy’s ...

Mitch McConnell’s Unburdened Era has begun ... history by casting just the second Cabinet nominee’s tie-breaker. (The other, ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said vaccines are not safe. His support for abortion access has made conservatives uncomfortable.

Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his ...

Veteran and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth will be the next secretary of defense after the Senate confirmed him by the narrowest of margins.

Mitch McConnell, the influential former Republican leader ... This is the second time a vice president has had to break a tie ...

The Senate narrowly voted to confirm embattled Pete Hegseth as secretary of the Department of Defense, in a major win for ...

Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the influential former Republican ... “recess appointments” during a private White House meeting ...

Other GOP senators who have yet to take a public position on Hegseth include senators Susan Collins, R-Maine, and former GOP Leader Mitch McConnell ... Vice President Pence did so to confirm ...