The Senate voted 53 to 47 to confirm Russell T. Vought — an architect of the ultraconservative Project 2025 policy agenda — to lead the White House budget office.

The Senate has approved each of President Trump’s selections for cabinet posts that it has voted on to this point. Note: ...

Only Congress can stop payments or shut down agencies, but Iowa’s delegation is OK with ignoring the Constitution, writes the Register editorial board ...

Senators emerged from a hearing on the fentanyl epidemic in agreement about permanently categorizing the drug and related ...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today announced the ...