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The Capitol is seen in Washington, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

What issues to watch as ‘big, beautiful bill’ moves to the Senate

House Republicans are jubilant about muscling through President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax and immigration package by a single vote.
May 23
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

House Republicans include a 10-year ban on US states regulating AI in ‘big, beautiful’ bill

May 16
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., left, talks with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer ahead of a hearing at the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Senate Republicans express relief after Trump pauses tariff plans

April 9
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R- Iowa, takes his seat as the panel meets to consider prescription drug pricing and other measures, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress has the power to halt Trump’s tariffs. But Republicans aren’t ready to use it

April 4
President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump fires NSC officials a day after far-right activist raises concerns to him about staff loyalty

April 4

Senators raise questions, concerns over Pete Hegseth’s leadership

Members of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services expressed concerns and questions regarding Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday.
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Trump’s intelligence chief pick Tulsi Gabbard says she’s in ‘full support’ with him on Syria

Trump shows support for his defense secretary nominee Hegseth

JD Vance shows public support for Pete Hegseth, the embattled choice to lead the Defense Department

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President Donald Trump stands with Kristi Noem during a town hall at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center & Fairgrounds, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Kristi Noem refused to say who financed some of her travel. It was taxpayers who were on the hook

March 29
This combination of photos shows ranking member Jack Reed, D-R.I., left, and chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., speaking during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo)

Was classified information shared? Senators overseeing military request probe into Signal leak

March 27
The Department of Health and Human Services building is seen in Washington, April 5, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and close agencies in a major restructuring

March 28

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

March 15
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, speaks during a hearing, May 8, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump’s firing of military brass prompts concern but little pushback from Republicans

February 27
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., hugs Miriam Adelson before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool)

Republican senators are mostly quiet on Trump’s sweeping pardons of Jan. 6 rioters

January 21
President Donald Trump salutes while on stage in Emancipation Hall at the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Al Drago/Pool Photo via AP)

At Trump’s second inaugural, a changed Washington and a full embrace from Republicans

January 20
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be defense secretary, responds to reporters during a meeting with Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

What to watch as Pete Hegseth faces questions about his experience and personal past

January 14
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., leads a Senate procession through the Rotunda to the House Chamber for a joint session of congress to confirm the Electoral College votes, at the Capitol on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, in Washington. Walking behind her is Sen. Chuck Grassley R-Iowa. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

On Jan. 6, lawmakers remember the carnage of 2021 in sharply different ways

January 6
President-elect Donald Trump walks with Elon Musk before the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 in Boca Chica, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Pool via AP)

Elon Musk warns Republicans against standing in Trump’s way — or his

December 10, 2024
Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be director of National Intelligence, ight, meets with Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick for intel chief, faces questions on Capitol Hill amid Syria fallout

December 10, 2024
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be defense secretary, responds to reporters during a meeting with Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump offers a public show of support for Hegseth and says he believes he can be confirmed

December 7, 2024
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be defense secretary, responds to reporters during a meeting with Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Hegseth faces senators’ concerns not only about his behavior but also his views on women in combat

December 5, 2024
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., stand together during a meeting with visiting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 27, 2023. Before adjourning for the August recess, the two leaders worked to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate passes defense bill with bipartisan support, but clash looms with House over social issues

July 28, 2023

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

February 11, 2023

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

September 17, 2022
This image provided by Ukrainian Joint Forces Operation Press Service shows actor and producer Sean Penn visiting positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the frontline with Russia-backed separatists in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Nov. 18, 2021. Russia imposed personal sanctions Monday, Sept. 5, 2022 on 25 Americans, including actors Sean Penn and Ben Stiller, in response to U.S. sanctions against Russians stemming from the conflict in Ukraine. (Ukrainian Joint Forces Operation Press Service via AP)

Russia sanctions 25 more Americans, including Penn, Stiller

September 5, 2022

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

August 12, 2022

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

August 6, 2022

Realignment of veterans’ healthcare facilities on hold

June 29, 2022

Sioux Falls VA Healthcare leader reassigned amid complaints

April 21, 2022

Manchin, Capito among senators asking consultation on VA

April 8, 2022

Maine senators want more seasonal worker visas

February 21, 2022
A supporter raises her hand in prayer while listening to a speaker at a rally for former President Donald Trump on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, in Florence, Az. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Some in GOP begin testing party’s lockstep loyalty to Trump

January 16, 2022
FILE - Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., listens to testimony during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting at the Capitol in Washington, on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. On Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, Rounds said he stands by his statement that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election after Trump called his fellow Republican a "jerk" for saying so. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

Sen. Rounds pushes GOP to get ‘louder’ on false Trump claims

January 12, 2022
FILE - Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, Rounds said he stands by his statement that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election after Trump called his fellow Republican a “jerk” for saying so. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool, File)

Rounds dismisses Trump criticism for saying he lost election

January 11, 2022

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

January 8, 2022
FILE - In this March 30, 2006, file photo, Jean Rounds is seen in Pierre, S.D. Rounds, the wife of Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota, died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. She was 65. (AP Photo/Joe Kafka, File)

Jean Rounds, wife of GOP Sen. Mike Rounds, dies from cancer

November 2, 2021

Guard members deploying to help at US southern border

October 4, 2021

University to receive $11 million for cold weather research

September 16, 2021
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