President Donald Trump said Friday that he wasn't expecting Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Susan Collins (Maine) to vote against his controversial nominee for secretary of Defense, Army veteran and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth.

Collins was questioned on Tuesday on Capitol Hill by reporters about President Donald Trump's decision to pardon the rioters. At first, she deferred, saying she wasn't sure who exactly was pardoned.

The conversations about ousting these government watchdogs began during Trump's transition back to the White House.

The Senate on Friday night confirmed President Donald Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News personality, to become the country’s next defense secretary.

A defining duo of the first Donald Trump administration is back. Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska were at the center of Trump’s many previous battles with his ...

As for the pardons issued by both Presidents Trump and Biden, Collins said it’s been terrible for our system of justice. She does not agree with Biden commuting the sentence of an Indigenous activist convicted of killing two FBI Agents and was also critical of Biden issuing preemptive pardons to his family members and others.

Donald Trump scored a big win in Washington and visited North Carolina, California and Nevada on first trip since beginning his second term.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said vaccines are not safe. His support for abortion access has made conservatives uncomfortable. And farmers across the Midwest are nervous over his

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky voted against President Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth.

The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth late Friday, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon.