The Senate voted 68 to 29 to confirm Mr. Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager, as the next Treasury secretary.

President Donald J Trump signed an Executive Order ending the use of Federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including on abortion politics and 2026 updates.

The vote marked the first time this year Republicans, who now control both the House and Senate, brought up an abortion bill ...

Patty Murray (D-WA) pointed to existing laws ensuring ... a fatal diagnosis could potentially be considered an ‘attempted abortion’—this would subject medical providers to up to five years ...

Patty Murray (D-Wash.) take him to task over his ... can destroy our society—is its blueprint for a federal abortion ban; it calls for enforcement of the Comstock Act of 1873 to ban the mailing ...

A Disgraceful Sham Of A Bill’: Patty Murray Rails Against Republicans’ ‘Born-Alive’ Abortion Bill During a Senate Democrats press briefing on Wednesday, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) spoke about the ...

Patty Murray, (D-Wash.) stressed it is already illegal in the U.S. to intentionally kill a baby that is born alive. “Republicans are still peddling debunked lies about how abortion works and the ...

Patty Murray, (D-Wash.) stressed it is already illegal in the U.S. to intentionally kill a baby that is born alive. “Republicans are still peddling debunked lies about how abortion works and the ...