Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has apparently run into stiff opposition from President Trump and his staff over the retired Marine Corp general’s choice of former ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson to fill the role of the fourth most powerful person at the Pentagon.
The number of Americans either working or looking for work in the past month hit a record high of 160,056,000, the first time this number surpassed the 160,000,000 mark, according to numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Last month, there were 159,716,000 Americans in the labor force.
The Justice Department is reportedly sending 50 judges to immigration detention centers across the U.S. to hear more cases and cut down on the massive backlog of immigration cases.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., slammed House Republicans' healthcare bill in an interview with Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Thursday, vowing the measure would be "dead on arrival" in the Senate.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Thursday that she is saddened to see that many people have lost confidence in judges and believe they are political.
The U.S. Treasury Secretary on Thursday encouraged Congress in a letter to raise the federal debt ceiling, which has been suspended since 2015, as soon as possible to prevent a U.S. default.
Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus criticized House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Thursday over Ryan's reluctance to allow amendments to the GOP's health care bill.
Vice President Mike Pence laid out an ambitious timetable for the GOP's ObamaCare replacement legislation Thursday, telling "Special Report with Bret Baier" that the measure would "be done by this spring."
The ACLU has submitted an ethics complaint with the Alabama State Bar Disciplinary Commission against Attorney General Jeff Sessions, alleging the former senator violated the code of conduct during his confirmation hearing testimony.
The son of the late boxing champion Muhammad Ali told members of Congress Thursday he believes his recent detention for extended questioning at a Florida airport shows the need for legislation to end racial profiling.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos watched a transgender girl eat apple sauce and draw and listened to another student's emotional story of feeling marginalized at school, as activists pressed DeVos to make good on her promise to protect all students.
Liberal groups that oppose Judge Neil Gorsuch's confirmation to the Supreme Court are telling Democratic senators to oppose him or face the consequences.
Massachusetts lawmakers are threatening to boycott a St. Patrick’s Day parade after the organizers appeared to exclude a gay veterans group – the latest controversy surrounding the inclusion of gay groups in traditionally Catholic parades.
Massachusetts lawmakers are threatening to boycott a St. Patrick’s Day parade after the organizers excluded a gay veterans group – the latest controversy surrounding the inclusion of gay groups in traditionally Catholic parades.
House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz issued subpoenas Thursday to two ATF agents after they failed to show at a hearing examining the 2011 murder of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jaime Zapata.
The Senate intelligence committee has voted to confirm President Donald Trump's pick for national intelligence director, advancing his nomination to the Senate floor.
The Senate on Thursday voted to end an Obama effort to identify and help struggling schools and students, as President Donald Trump and Republicans work to undo some of his predecessor's key policies.
Legal challenges against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban mounted Thursday as Washington state said it would renew its request to block the executive order.
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