A son of a Democratic political dynasty, Kennedy is seeking to become the nation's top health official under President Donald ...

Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine — joining ... In 2017, then-Vice President Mike Pence broke a 50-50 tie to confirm Betsy DeVos as Education ...

The Senate just barely confirmed Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary last week. Mitch McConnell’s vote against him in ...

Vice President J.D. Vance cast the deciding vote to break a 50-50 tie after three Republican senators opposed Trump’s ...

Eric Lee/The New York Times Speaker Mike Johnson on his way into the House ... G.O.P. The effort to overhaul the law was led by Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, and eventually was ...

Former Vice President Mike Pence said Monday in a statement ... The new law, spearheaded by Sen. Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, and former Sen. Joe Manchin III, a West Virginia independent ...

Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday that Congress will “look into” Joe Biden pardoning his family—but said Donald Trump’s ...

But he is a Trump loyalist for sure. It says something about the president's coterie of followers that Hegseth was the best ...

Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine joined Democrats to oppose Hegseth’s nomination. It was just the second time in history that a vice president has broken a tie for a Cabinet nominee ...

Susan Collins in voting against Hegseth ... Former Vice President Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking vote to confirm Betsy DeVos as education secretary in Trump’s first term.