The Latest: Senate panel OKs bill to let Mattis run Pentagon
The retired Marine general is telling the Senate Armed Services Committee that the jet fighter is critical to the U.S. maintaining its air superiority.
Ben Carson is declining to guarantee that, if confirmed as housing secretary, no money from his department will benefit President-elect Donald Trump or his family.
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to run the CIA says Russian meddling in the president election was an aggressive action taken by senior Russian leaders.
Democratic senators are questioning how Ben Carson's promise to cut hundreds of billions of dollars in annual spending squares with overseeing a department that serves millions of the poorest Americans.
At Carson's confirmation hearing, Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio says the call for a 10 percent budget cut for government agencies would send hundreds of thousands of families into a tailspin.
President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary tells the Senate Armed Services Committee he's only concerned about making the U.S. armed forces as lethal as possible.
House Speaker Paul Ryan says a painting that depicts a police officer as a pig violates House rules and should not be hung in the Capitol.
Rep. Tom Price's ethics agreement and financial disclosure were posted online Thursday by the Office of Government Ethics.
The Georgia Republican is nominated to head the Department of Health and Human Services, where he's expected to play a leading role in efforts to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's health care law.
A senior Democratic lawmaker and a consumer advocacy group have questions about Price's stock trades in health care.
President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary says clear boundaries are needed in the cyber world so potential adversaries know what America won't tolerate.
President-elect Donald Trump's pick for housing secretary says he chuckles when people question how his career as a neurosurgeon applies to running a government agency.
Carson says at his Senate confirmation hearing that a good CEO doesn't know everything about running a particular business.
President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be defense secretary is telling senators the military isn't robust enough to deal with the wide range of threats the U.S. is facing.
Trump pledged during the presidential campaign to rebuild the military services and eliminate the strict, across-the-board spending limits that have constrained the defense budget.
Electricity is out in two Senate office buildings, interrupting a hearing for President elect-Donald Trump's nominee to be CIA director.
President-elect Donald Trump's choice for defense secretary says Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to break NATO.
Warner's remarks were on the committee's promise to review the intelligence behind an assessment that Russia, and specifically President Vladimir Putin, interfered in the presidential election in an effort to get Trump elected.
Pompeo is appearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee amid a testy standoff between Trump and the spy community over Russian activities during the presidential election.
Pompeo says in opening remarks that Russia has reasserted itself aggressively by invading and occupying Ukraine, threatening Europe and doing what he calls "nothing" to help defeat Islamic State militants.
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer says in a statement that although the Alabama senator is a colleague and friend, Schumer has no confidence that Sessions has the ability to defend the rights of all Americans.
A congressman who was wheeled out of the Capitol in a stretcher on Wednesday night is recuperating in a Washington area hospital, and tests show that "acute digestive flare-up" is responsible for his discomfort.