WASHINGTON — A divided Senate on Thursday voted to move toward confirming Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense, in a strong signal that allegations about his personal conduct, including a new one from ...

The Senate invoked cloture on Pete Hegseth's nomination for Secretary of Defense with a 51-49 vote, ending the filibuster.

Several Senate Democrats from swing states joined with Republicans Friday to clear the final hurdle to passing the Laken ...

Therefore, the federal government would have to at least temporarily default on many of its obligations, from Social Security payments and salaries for federal civilian employees and the military to ...

For almost half a century, the Philippines served as the linchpin of American military power in Asia. During the height of the Vietnam war, the sprawling Clark Air Base and Subic Bay Naval Base on ...

In less than 24 hours, and only a few hours into 2024, two military service members were named as suspects in horrifying and puzzling acts. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, was a veteran of the Army and ...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduran President Xiomara Castro’s threats to stop her country’s cooperation with the U.S. military if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on promised mass ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his first floor speech as leader that his priority ...

New Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, opened the two-year Senate session Friday with a vow to keep the filibuster. The filibuster is a controversial legislative tactic ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) had suggested that if Democrats held the upper chamber and White House in the election that his party could abolish the filibuster, a move that moderate ...

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) during a weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 9, 2024. (KENNY HOLSTON/The New York Times) ...