Zeldin, 44, is from New York. He served eight years in Congress and lost a race for governor in 2022. He is expected to push deregulation.
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate Budget Committee will move ahead on confirming President Donald Trump's pick for budget chief Russell Vought despite calls from top Democrats for a delay after an order halting all federal grants and loans.
The former New York congressman has little experience in environmental policy. He is expected to follow orders to weaken climate rules.
The bill was a Republican-led effort to sanction the International Criminal Court in protest of its arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez will be sentenced on Wednesday over his 2024 conviction for taking bribes including gold bars in exchange for favors for Egypt and New Jersey businessmen, a case that ended the once-powerful Democrat's political career.
Senate Republicans are recommending President Trump issue an executive order to sanction the International Criminal Court for its pursuit of war crimes cases against Israel, after Senate Democrats
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's controversial pick to head the federal Department of Health and Human Services, will appear Wednesday before a Senate panel that is crucial to advance his nomination.
The Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary on Monday, elevating the hedge fund manager to the new administration’s top financial job as President Donald Trump forges ahead on an ambitious economic agenda.
The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday by a 59-34 vote, putting the former South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and President Donald Trump's plans to clamp down on illegal immigration.
The Senate on Friday night confirmed President Donald Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News personality, to become the country’s next defense secretary.
One of Grassley’s points was about his efforts to get a bill passed that would disclose prices on prescription drugs in television ads.