Former Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), whose politics have been at odds with President Donald Trump’s, is ...

In 2022, Scott became the first Republican senator to challenge McConnell for GOP leader during his 18-year tenure in the job ...

President Donald Trump reacted to the Senate’s vote confirming his defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth while on the tarmac in ...

“Is Pete Hegseth truly the best we have to offer ... "I was surprised that Collins and Murkowski would do that,” he said And Trump raised fresh questions about Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., saying, ...

Despite reservations, Republicans are falling in line behind President Trump’s contentious top administration picks, ...

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.

But even though it was expected, some things are just too hard to believe. There are the prodigiously unqualified and outright dangerous appointees to highly consequential positions … sure, Pete ...

Other Trump picks, though, faced more resistance: Vice President Vance had to break a Senate tie to confirm Pete Hegseth as Trump ... Collins (Maine) and Mitch McConnell (Ky.) ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Defense secretary, appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington ...