Despite the boycott, Russell Vought's nomination advanced and moves to the Senate for an upcoming confirmation hearing.

The Senate Budget Committee voted on Thursday to advance Russell Vought, Trump's pick to lead the OMB, for a floor vote.

Democrats harshly criticized President Donald Trump for a news conference Thursday in which he said that his predecessors and diversity were to blame for Wednesday night’s fatal collision of an Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger plane landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing has begun. He's being questioned over how his positions on vaccines and abortion have evolved since joining President Donald Trump's team.

President Donald Trump’s administration issued a memo Monday ordering widespread federal assistance to be temporarily paused, as Trump and his allies have argued he can block government funds that Congress has already authorized, despite a federal law forbidding it.

President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan Laken Riley Act into law as his administration’s first piece of legislation. People who are in the United States illegally and are accused of theft and violent crimes would have to be detained and potentially deported even before a conviction.

Just hours after the president was sworn in, Marco Rubio became the first of Trump's picks to be confirmed by the Senate for the position of Secretary of State. WASHINGTON - Following his inauguration ceremony Monday, President Donald Trump released the full list of his cabinet appointees.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), one of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial, is the latest to express public disapproval, particularly for the pardons for those convicted of assaulting police officers.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s confirmation hearings began Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee and will be held Thursday before the Health, Education, Labor and Pension committee.

Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, poses for a photo with Cabinet picks, other nominees and appointments, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)