The vote broke the Senate filibuster and sets up a final confirmation vote, which will likely take place Friday. Democrat John Fetterman voted against advancing Hegseth for secretary of defense.

The Senate voted 74 to 25 to confirm John Ratcliffe, President Trump’s former intelligence director, as director of the C.I.A.

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's nominee for Defense secretary, received a positive vote from the Senate on Jan. 23 that would clear his path to confirmation despite receiving "no" votes from ...

Defense secretary-designee Pete Hegseth’s nomination cleared a key Senate hurdle Thursday, inching him closer to getting confirmed in a significant win for one of President Trump’s ...

Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Robert Kennedy Jr. confronts critics from the right on abortion and the left on vaccines as the Senate sets hearings for next week.

President Donald Trump plans to pardon people convicted for participation in the January 6 Capitol riot, which may include ...

The new found cohesion came as Democrats strategize how to resist Trump’s second-term agenda, his nominees, and GOP Hill leaders laying groundwork for 2026.

The U.S. House Wednesday passed legislation that greatly expands mandatory detention requirements of immigrants charged and ...

ABC News spoke with Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, a Democrat, on Tuesday to discuss Jan. 6 pardons, the Laken Riley Act, ...

Fetterman has garnered praise from some GOP lawmakers over his unconditional support for Israel in its war in Gaza. The ...

Sen. John Fetterman reveals truth about party-switch rumors - ‘I would make a pretty bad Republican’, Fetterman disclosed in ...

Sen. John Fetterman has dismissed the growing rumors that he intends to pull a switcheroo and join the Republican Party. “That’s amateur hour shit,” he said to […] ...