Pete Hegseth faces Senate confirmation hearings as Trump's Defense Secretary pick. Newsweek's live blog is now closed.

The Minnesota Democrat’s bill is unlikely to advance in the new Congress but her efforts were largely symbolic as deputy ...

The Senate voted to take up a bill that would impose stricter measures on undocumented migrants who commit certain crimes.

Thursday's vote to advance the Laken Riley Act does not guarantee the immigration bill will have enough votes to pass the ...

Cory Booker, D-N.J., Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii ... The measure was blessed by new Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., who teed it up to be the first major vote in the upper chamber.

Traditionally, Senate committee leaders won’t share background checks ... AZ), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). “ ...

Cory Booker (D-NJ), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Andy Kim (D-NJ ... and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) voted to advance the bill, but caveated that he wanted ...

Under Democratic control, the Senate refused to bring the proposal to the floor last year. However, months after losing their majority to ... Cory Booker (D-NJ), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Andy Kim ...

WASHINGTON - The majority ... Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii and Andy Kim, D-N.J. The final vote tally was 84-9. “This is an important issue. We should have a debate and amendments,” Senate Minority ...