WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Doug Collins as secretary of veterans affairs, putting the former ...

A county in New York City’s Long Island suburbs will be teaming up with federal authorities in President Donald Trump’s ...

When Donald Trump started the biggest trade war since the 1930s in his first term, his impulsive combination of threats and ...

Democrats in Congress were quick to jump on Trump’s plan. Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., a member of the Health, Education, ...

Senator Bill Cassidy had publicly struggled with supporting Kennedy and found himself justifying his decision to provide the ...

President Trump said the entity would focus on cutting government waste and slashing federal regulations, and he put tech ...

The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.

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U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to freeze for 90 days the humanitarian aid that the United States provides to countries overseas is being felt in places far from Washington.

Musk's team of young tech engineers accessed the U.S. government's near-$6 trillion payment system, according to several ...

Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's pick to be director of national intelligence, has moved a step closer to Senate ...

Senate Republicans defended the Trump administration's sweeping revamp of the U.S. Agency for International Development led by Elon Musk.