As it weighs the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard for the position of Director of National Intelligence, the United States Senate faces a fundamental choice: Should it reject those like Gabbard who challenge conventional wisdom,

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his ... Following the ceremony, Washington retreated to the Senate chambers to deliver his inaugural address, followed ...

With Trump's presidential inauguration just around the corner, review the history and meaning of Inauguration Day.

Two appointed senators, with the significant failure rate of those appointees, might be the helping hand that Senate Democrats need to climb back into power.

President-elect Donald Trump's will be sworn in under the Capitol Rotunda, rather than outside. But he's not the only president inaugurated in an unusual location.

Ahead of Donald Trump's second inauguration, take a look back at the transition of presidential power throughout U.S. history.

The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement plans featured a highly visible role for the military and federal agents in tactical gear.

With Democrats opposed and some Republican votes wavering, the committee could employ unusual maneuvers to advance Trump’s controversial pick for director of national intelligence.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Iowa Republican, has been in the Senate longer than most Americans have been alive. Now he holds an important key to Donald Trump's second-term agenda.

A proposal advancing through the Virginia Legislature would give state and local police the authority to conduct traffic enforcement along the George Washington Memorial Parkway. The 22-mile stretch of highway is patrolled by U.

The Senate is holding hearings and voting on President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks. Here’s which earned the most bipartisan support.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg Kennedy opens his statement with a focus on chronic disease being on the rise, saying the United States “has worse health than any other developed nation,” even though it ...