Senate Panel Approval: Former Georgia Rep. Doug Collins received an 18-1 vote from the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee to advance his nomination as VA secretary. Key Concerns Raised: Sen. Mazie ...

The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Thursday easily advanced Doug Collins’ nomination to be the secretary of Veterans Affairs, setting him up for a full Senate vote that is likely to ...

Doug Collins, President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Veterans Affairs, pledged to protect veterans ...

Senators are holding a slew of hearings this week with more than a dozen of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks ...

Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees for key roles in the intelligence, foreign policy and law enforcement agencies all pledged to ...

Pete Hegseth’s nomination hearing on Tuesday was expected to deliver fireworks — and it didn’t disappoint. While Republicans gave Hegseth the chance to push back against allegations ranging from ...

(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, right, speaks at the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation ...

His political activities also came to the forefront after it emerged that his wife, Martha-Ann Alito, flew an upside-down American flag at their home in Alexandria, Va., in the days surrounding ...

FILE - New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham enters the House Chambers to deliver her State of the State speech at the Capitol, in Santa Fe, N.M., Jan. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Roberto E. Rosales ...

Meanwhile, the Senate will soon hold Cabinet confirmation hearings. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii.) says she’ll look closely at each nominee. “My concerns will surround their experience, what they ...

Traditionally, Senate committee leaders won’t share background checks with the rest of the committee leaders given how lengthy the reports can be. There is an expectation the Senate committees ...

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. Incumbent Mazie K. Hirono defeated Ron Curtis in the general election for U.S. Senate Hawaii on November 6, 2018. = candidate ...