President-elect Donald Trump named Harmeet Dhillon to lead the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division.

Sen.-elect Jim Banks (R-Ind.) advocated for government reforms favoring working-class Americans in a Wednesday policy ...

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Mr. Trump also announced that Caleb Vitello, a longtime Immigration and Customs Enforcement official, will run the agency in ...

MIAMI — The day before Florida’s 2016 presidential primary, the state attorney general, Pam Bondi, surprised her fellow ...

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Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s controversial choice for Director of National Intelligence, could face one of the most bruising Senate ...

Senior Republicans have signaled they may use a third-party agency to conduct background checks on Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees.

The state Senate is saying goodbye to its dean as state Sen. Neil Breslin prepares to say his final farewell to the chamber ...

Sen. Susan Collins of Maine met with Pete Hegseth on Wednesday and said she pressed President-elect Trump's choice to be the next Pentagon chief about allegations of mistreating women and heavy ...