The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to become the next Treasury secretary and enact the ...

With his confirmation at stake, Pete Hegseth is working the phones ahead of a Senate vote to shore up support to become the ...

Donald Trump will huddle with House Republicans at a GOP retreat on Monday. Keep up with live updates from the USA TODAY ...

Scott Bessent on Monday secured confirmation to lead the Department of the Treasury, putting President Trump’s top economic ...

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom ...

Some GOP senators want public commitments from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before deciding whether to support him as the next ...

Hedge fund manager Scott Bessent — who has vowed to crack down on off-the-rails federal spending and help avert a “crushing ...

For most of U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s 18-year tenure as the Senate Republican Leader, he was vilified as an “establishment” ...

At a closed-door House Republican retreat Saturday morning, newly re-elected House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said President-elect Donald Trump was in favor of passing a single reconciliation ...

The winners of the St. Paul Winter Carnival Ice Carving Competition and the Minnesota State Snow Sculpting Competition were announced Sunday afternoon. St. Paul Winter Carnival Ice Carving Competition ...

Stocks Sink as Investors Worry About China’s A.I. Advances A jolt of panic hit technology stocks on Monday, with investors rattled by fears that A.I. advances by Chinese upstarts could threaten ...