Do Trump’s Cabinet picks have more support now than in his last term? What votes show
Confirmation votes taken thus far in Trump’s second term show fewer Democrats are voting in favor of the picks, roll call votes show. In 2025, five out of the nine confirmation votes received at least ...
Republican doctor in US Senate clears way for Kennedy to be top US health official
Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy has a history of bucking political pressure and has expressed wariness over Kennedy ...
Barely a simmer: Trump's nominees avoid grilling and skirt through confirmation process despite initial public outcry
ANALYSIS: Trump has finally bent the Senate to his will. And, as Eric Garcia writes, he has done it at the expense of Republicans’ careers ...
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Education Department tells U.S. colleges to follow sexual assault policies from Trump’s first term
will be enforced according to a set of rules created by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. The rules govern how complaints of misconduct are investigated and how to settle cases where ...
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Behind Mitch McConnell's Supreme Court engineering
Instead, Sen. Mitch McConnell's impact as leader of the Senate Republicans ripples throughout the judiciary. Under his leadership, the Senate confirmed three Republican-appointed Supreme Court ...
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Sen. McConnell on what he'll do as President Trump shakes up Washington with an onslaught of executive orders
Sen. Mitch McConnell, after stepping down from his Senate leadership position, bucked President Trump and was one of only three Republicans to vote against the president's nominee for defense ...
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In ’60 Minutes’ interview, Mitch McConnell criticizes Trump on tariffs, mum on RFK Jr.
Mitch McConnell said on Sunday that President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign allies were a bad idea, but said he supports most of what this administration wants to accomplish. “It will ...
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Madison County treasurer arrested for fraud, theft, misconduct in office
DEPUTIES SAY THEY HAVE ARRESTED THE COUNTY TREASURER. ACCORDING TO THE MADISON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, AMANDA DEVOS WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON CHARGES OF FRAUD, THEFT AND FELONIOUS MISCONDUCT IN ...
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Trump Education Department revives DeVos-era Title IX sex discrimination rules
The 2020 rules developed under then-Education Secretary Betsy DeVos treated sex as a binary, but did not define it. “President Trump ordered all agencies and departments within the Executive ...
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Republican doctor in Senate clears way for Kennedy to be top US health official
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, a doctor who had expressed wariness about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine views, cleared ...
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Betsy DeVos' Department of Education misspells W.E.B. Du Bois' name, then misspells its apology
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U.S. Pauses Tariffs on Mexico. Canada, China Levies Are Still Happening—for Now.
President Donald Trump is pausing plans for 25% tariffs on Mexico, he said Monday morning, following talks with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. Tariffs on Canada and China are still going ...