The Senate confirmed three top military officers on Thursday — including the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — as bipartisan frustration swirled around Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) for blocking hundreds more nominees.
Republican senators angrily challenged Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) on his blockade of almost 400 military officers, taking over the Senate floor for hours to call for individual confirmation votes after a monthslong stalemate.
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992 in the “Year of the Woman,” has died at 90.
There are still questions about what has caused Sen. Mitch McConnell to freeze up during two recent encounters with reporters.
Sen. Katie Britt (R-Alabama) has announced that she has received medical care at a Montgomery hospital and is now recovering at home.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has repeatedly said he is “fine” since he froze up midsentence during a press conference on Wednesday.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell briefly left his own press conference Wednesday after stopping his remarks mid-sentence and staring off into space for several seconds.
The U.S. Marine Corps is without a confirmed leader for the first time in a century as Gen. David Berger stepped down and with Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) blocking approval of his successor.
There appears to be no end to a Senate standoff that has delayed the promotions of more than 200 military officers and could delay the confirmation of President Biden’s pick for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
A Republican measure overturning President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation plan has passed the Senate and now awaits an expected veto
