Noem, the Republican governor of South Dakota, is a rancher and a former member of Congress. A close ally to Trump, Noem has ...

WASHINGTON – Several Senate Democrats from swing states joined with Republicans Friday to clear the final hurdle to passing ...

Elissa Slotkin, Michigan's new US senator, wanted to know if Pete Hegseth would reject an unlawful order to use the military ...

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., asks homeland security secretary nominee Kristi Noem about her ability to not inflate the ...

Michigan's two Democratic senators probed Pete Hegseth's qualifications to lead the Pentagon and whether he'd follow illegal ...

Elissa Slotkin, a former congresswoman who narrowly won her election to the U.S. Senate in November, took the oath of office ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, was grilled by the Senate Armed Services Committee ...

The Senate on Friday voted to advance the Laken Riley Act, putting Republicans a step closer to sending the first bill of the ...

Noem and committee Republicans focused on the border while Democrats asked about foreign and home-grown terrorism during a cordial hearing.

The Senate advanced a bill aimed at addressing illegal immigration Thursday as the issue comes front and center under the new Congress.

The votes aren’t yet there to clear the Senate's filibuster, but several Democrats say they’ll support the House-passed bill or expressed openness to it.

The Senate cleared the 60-vote threshold to begin debate on a GOP priority, with Democrats backing it as the party ...