Hegseth has said this tattoo, which has been associated with extremist groups, prevented him from serving as a member of the National Guard at President Joe Biden's inauguration.

Moving beyond the attack on the Capitol has become a central approach for congressional Republicans who have enthusiastically re-embraced Trump after his 2020 defeat and his attempts to overturn

President Trump’s sweeping pardons of more than 1,500 people charged with crimes related to the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021, including individuals who assaulted police officers, stunned

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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security, speaks with Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for her confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Asked directly by POLITICO about Trump’s executive order to grant TikTok a reprieve in defiance of the law passed by Congress, Senate Majority Leader John Thune — who supported the ban and once pushed his own bill to crack down on the app — appeared willing to let Trump’s order stand for now.

These days, so many Senate and House races are over before ... In fact, three Republican senators (Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley and Kevin Cramer) did more than 3 points worse than Trump.

When President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office inside a tightly packed Capitol Rotunda, he will be surrounded by a very different Washington than he was eight years ago

Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) is expected to cruise through the process to confirmation after surviving a fairly quiet hearing that lasted less than three hours.

President-elect Trump is going to change that.” Noem was introduced by Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), who described her as a champion back home.

Kevin Cramer, and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson ... After the confirmation hearing, the Homeland Security committee will vote on whether to recommend Noem to the full Senate for a final confirmation vote, which would be open to floor debate.

Doug Burgum, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the the Interior Department as Secretary of the Interior, right, arrives with his wife Kathryn Burgum to testify before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington,