PoliticsNews
Facing unprecedented delays from Democrats on confirming President Donald Trump’s executive and judicial nominees, Senate Republican leaders want to change the rules to expedite the… Read More
PoliticsAnalysis
One of the Senate’s most important responsibilities is to provide “advice and consent” for the president’s nominations. America’s Founders saw this as a “silent operation,”… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The Constitution gives the president the power to nominate and, with the Senate’s “advice and consent,” to appoint men and women to approximately 2,000 positions… Read More
PoliticsNews
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, facing a big backlog of unconfirmed judicial and executive branch nominees, is asking Senate Democrats to help confirm President Donald… Read More
PoliticsNews
Republicans are contemplating new measures to increase the rate of confirmations for President Donald Trump’s nominees. Last week, the Senate Republican Communications Center noted that… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Harry Reid, the former Democrat leader of the U.S. Senate, left the Senate in 2017 and died in 2021, but his ghost must still be… Read More
PoliticsNews
President Donald Trump doesn’t want any senators going on summer vacation until more of his nominees are confirmed. “Hopefully the very talented [Senate Majority Leader]… Read More
SecurityNews
The Senate confirmed Kash Patel to become FBI director today on a narrow vote of 51-49. Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski… Read More
Health CareNews
Pro-life advocacy groups are saying they see Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a man who changed his mind. The newly confirmed secretary of health and… Read More
PoliticsNews
With the confirmation of Donald Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget Thursday night, the Senate has outpaced itself for the number of… Read More
PoliticsNews
Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, was confirmed by the Senate Thursday night on party lines by… Read More
PoliticsNews
As Democratic senators attack Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth for alleged incompetence, Republicans are sounding the alarm on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s repeated disappearances for medical… Read More
Commentary
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to… Read More
PoliticsNews
Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to direct the Office of Management and Budget, faced tense questioning from both Democrat and Republican senators during his… Read More
SecurityNews
Lawmakers and allies weighed in on Tuesday as the Senate Armed Services Committee held its confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, the former Army National Guard… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
With less than 10 days until President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, Republicans worry that government bureaucracy will prevent the new president from starting his term with… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The anti-Trump media have already congratulated themselves for destroying the Matt Gaetz nomination for attorney general and are now attempting to destroy the Pete Hegseth… Read More
News
The good news for the Obama Administration is that its next Secretary of State, Senator John Kerry (D–MA), had the smoothest of sailing during yesterday’s… Read More
Senator John Kerry (D–MA) has announced that he will bow out of chairing the expected Benghazi hearing featuring Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on January… Read More
In the coming weeks, the Senate will begin the confirmation process for three key Administration positions: Senator John Kerry (D–MA) for Secretary of State, former… Read More
With Defense Secretary Robert Gates making his final rounds and Secretary of Defense nominee Leon Panetta headed to his Senate hearing tomorrow, the obvious question… Read More
LawNews
Listening to Senators Feinstein, Durbin, Leahy and Schumer castigating the current members of the U.S. Supreme Court in their opening statements in the Kagan confirmation… Read More
