Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for health and human services secretary has stalled as Senate Democrats and Republicans take issue with his views.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Elise Stefanik opened her confirmation hearing Tuesday for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations by pledging to implement President Donald Trump’s “America First” mandate and roll out a review of U.S. funding for some of the world body’s agencies.

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy met with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. but won't say if he'll vote for Donald Trump's choice to run the U.S. health department.

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) denounced the U.N. in November 2024 as a corrupt "den of antisemitism" and is expected to be a vocal defender of Israel, while staking out an adversarial position for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators returned to the Capitol Monday for a late-evening session pushing ahead on President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, with voting possible to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio as the nation’s secretary of state on Inauguration Day.

The Senate was quick to show its fealty to President Donald Trump just hours after he was inaugurated on Monday. The first order of business was to move quickly in the initial hours of Trump’s presidency to confirm Sen.

President-elect Donald Trump is being sworn in on Monday as his inauguration ceremony is set to take rare form inside the U.S. Capitol.

Trump, along with Vice President J.D. Vance, was in Statuary Hall, located inside the Capitol, for the traditional inaugural lunch.

Country singer Carrie Underwood shakes hands US President Donald Trump after performing ‘America the Beautiful’ during Trump’s inauguration ceremony in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, Jan. 20, 2025. (SHAWN THEW/Pool via REUTERS)

Billionaires, foreign leaders, Cabinet picks, governors and lawmakers have converged on the president-elect’s Palm Beach estate.

Cabinet members, governors, and long-serving public servants are positioned in rows behind the tech billionaires, with only family seated ahead of them.