Miss., center, accompanied by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. speaks during the Senate Armed Services and Senate Foreign Relations GOP news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington,

Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono was criticized on social media for her questioning of President-elect Trump's secretary of Defense nominee, Pete Hegseth.

President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for attorney general, secretary of state and several other key Cabinet posts are set to appear in front of Senate committees Wednesday for high-stakes confirmation hearings.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump's choice to head up the Pentagon, faced a Senate confirmation grilling from the Armed Services Committee.

Pete Hegseth on Tuesday battled through a high-stakes Senate hearing in which Democrats sought to paint the Pentagon nominee as inexperienced, unprofessional and toxic due to allegations of sexual

Testifying before the Senate Armed Service ... Pentagon as the United States faces threats from Russia, China, Iran and adversaries around the world. If approved by the committee, the full Senate ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump's pick to head the Department of Defense, could have enough votes to be confirmed, Donald Trump Jr., said.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) announced that he will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary, increasing the nominee’s chances of becoming the next head

The process started going downhill in 1987, when the infamous Robert Bork hearings turned ugly and personal. A Republican, Bork was a federal appeals court judge and former U.S. solicitor general who was immediately labeled an extremist. Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., took to the Senate floor and gave the nominee a roasting for the ages.

A group of top Senate Republican lawmakers introduced legislation on Friday to re-impose a Foreign Terrorist Organization designation on the Houthis, a signal that the issue is likely to be a top priority for GOP hawks coming into the Trump administration.

As lawmakers in Washington, D.C. are preparing for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration Monday, Iowa’s U.S. senators met with Trump nominees this week while representatives acted on bills relating to undocumented immigration and women’s sports.