Within hours of President Trump being sworn into office, 500 serious criminals who should not be in the United States were arrested by federal immigration officials who plan to deport them swiftly.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said vaccines are not safe. His support for abortion access has made conservatives uncomfortable. And farmers across the Midwest are nervous over his talk of banning corn ...

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This budget is increasing spending by 7.4%. There’s a concern there,” Republican Minority Leader Bruce Tarr said.

GOP leaders say they want to focus on conservative policy, but the president is fixated on relitigating the 2020 election ...

The unusually narrow confirmation came after questions from members in both parties over Hegseth’s qualifications.

President Donald Trump has issued a “full and unconditional pardon” to Washington, DC, police lieutenant Andrew Zabavsky and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation’s defense secretary Friday in a dramatic late-night vote, ...

FILE - Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is sworn in to testify as the House ...

Cassidy was thrown into the spotlight when she testified in front of the January 6 Committee.

Hours after Pete Hegseth cleared a major procedural hurdle in the Senate, President Trump suggested his embattled nominee may ...

Here is the story. The Washington Post is reporting that Speaker Mike Johnson's top aide was "discouraged" from subpoenaing Cassidy Hutchinson's texts because they contain EXPLICIT (aka sexual) texts ...