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'Rookie mistake': GOP senator says 'fool' could have written Trump defense secretary’s NATO comments
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) is among the Republicans who voted to confirm Defense ...
McConnell tests the strengths and limits of his power opposing a trio of Trump's Cabinet nominees
This is McConnell unplugged, three weeks into the Trump administration, and his new role as no longer the Senate GOP leader ...
McConnell takes on a new role in the Senate: Lone wolf: From the Politics Desk
Two key Republican senators’ votes today on the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be health and human services ...
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Kennedy confirmed: See who else has passed Senate approval and who still needs votes
Since his inauguration, the U.S. Senate has confirmed 16 high profile members of President Donald Trump's second ...
Gabbard Sworn In as Top Intelligence Official
The Senate voted 52 to 48 to confirm her earlier in the day. The success of one of President Trump’s more divisive cabinet ...
Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s controversial pick for director of National Intelligence
Gabbard’s confirmation serves as Trump taking control of the intelligence community that defied him during his first ...
Collins, Britt raise concerns about NIH move to slash billions in research costs
Two Republican senators, including a reliable ally of President Trump, have raised concerns about the National Institutes of ...
GOP Sen. Susan Collins rails against ‘poorly conceived’ cap on NIH grant costs meant to save $4B
Sen. Susan Collins blasted the Trump administration’s recent cap on indirect costs for grants issued by the National ...
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Do Trump’s Cabinet picks have more support now than in his last term? What votes show
Susan Collins voted no, requiring then Vice President Mike Pence ... Vice President J.D. Vance broke a 50-50 tie to confirm Hegseth on Jan. 24. This time, Republicans Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to be health secretary advances in divided Senate committee vote
WASHINGTON — A Senate panel divided starkly along partisan lines voted on Tuesday to advance the nomination of Robert F.
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Trump health secretary nominee RFK Jr survives heated hearings ahead of crucial confirmation votes
The ophthalmologist from Kentucky defended Kennedy and took aim ... two other Republicans on the Health Committee – Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska – are potential ...
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How an explorer stuck in a Kentucky cave for 17 days captured the world's attention
Kentucky cave explorer Floyd Collins became a national sensation in 1925 when he became trapped inside a cave for 17 days. Collins' entrapment and death drew national media attention, with ...