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FILE – A homeless woman smokes fentanyl in a park June 28, 2024, in downtown Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Senate nears final approval of a bill that could increase penalties for fentanyl traffickers

March 14, 2025 at 8:34 a.m.

The Senate was preparing Friday to give final approval to a bill that could result in harsher prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers as both Republicans and Democrats seek to show...

The Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington is seen on June 21, 2013.

Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo

March 5, 2025 at 11:52 a.m.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning an “aggressive” reorganization that includes cutting 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency that provides health care for retired military members, according to an...

Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s choice for Director of the Office of Management and Budget, attends a Senate Budget Committee hearing on his nomination, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate confirms Project 2025 architect Russell Vought to lead powerful White House budget office

February 6, 2025 at 6:44 p.m.

The Senate has confirmed Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s nominee for White House budget director.

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Justice Department as attorney general, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate confirms Pam Bondi as US attorney general, putting Trump ally at Justice Department’s helm

February 4, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

The Senate confirmed Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general Tuesday evening, putting a longtime ally of Donald Trump at the helm of a Justice Department that has already been rattled...

El nominado para ser secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Estados Unidos Robert F. Kennedy Jr en el Congreso en Washington el 30 de enero del 2025. (AP foto/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Avanza proceso para aprobar a Robert F. Kennedy Jr. como secretario de Salud

February 4, 2025 at 11:24 a.m.

El Congreso avanzó el martes en el proceso para convertir a Robert F. Kennedy Jr. en el secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Estados Unidos, a pesar del escepticismo...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Trump’s nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

RFK Jr. appears on track to become US health secretary as he wins key Republican senator’s support

February 4, 2025 at 1:30 p.m.

A Senate panel divided starkly along partisan lines voted on Tuesday to advance the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the controversial environmental lawyer turned public health critic, sending his...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s choice to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services, arrives to testify before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

RFK Jr. on defensive over his vaccine views as a key confirmation vote hangs in the balance

January 30, 2025 at 3:28 p.m.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to be the nation’s top health official is uncertain after a key Republican joined Democrats to raise concerns over the nominee’s deep skepticism of routine...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security, appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate confirms Kristi Noem as Donald Trump’s homeland security secretary

January 25, 2025 at 3:24 p.m.

The Senate has confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and President Donald...

President Donald Trump signs an executive order regarding the southern border in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Immigrant detention beds may be maxed out as President Donald Trump moves to deport ‘millions and millions’

January 23, 2025 at 1:14 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s inauguration-day executive orders and promises of mass deportations of “millions and millions” of people will hinge on securing money for detention centers.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., center, joined from left by Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes immigrant detention bill that would be Trump’s first law to sign

January 22, 2025 at 4:50 p.m.

The House on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that requires the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes, marking the first legislation that President Donald...

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