When asked for comment, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader John Thune said "two things we don't discuss publicly: Whip counts and private conversations with the president." ...

John Thune has promised President-elect Donald Trump that Pete Hegseth has enough votes in the Senate to lead the Pentagon.

Ansari, D-Ariz., appeared on CNN's "State of the Union" alongside other newly minted members of Congress. She pushed back on freshman Texas GOP Rep. Brandon Gill's suggestion that outgoing President ...