Omar Chatriwala / Getty Images The Secretary of the Treasury runs the U.S. Department of the Treasury, a Cabinet-level agency of the federal government. The department is responsible for ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday revoked the security detail and security clearance for Gen. Mark Milley, according to Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot, an unprecedented move against the former ...

Karoline Leavitt, the youngest White House press secretary in history, is due to give her first White House press briefing on Tuesday. The 27-year-old, who served as Donald Trump's campaign ...

The Senate confirmed on Monday Scott Bessent, a Wall Street veteran and campaign ally of President Donald Trump, as treasury secretary, one of the highest-profile cabinet posts. Bessent won ...

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the United Nations Memorial Ceremony marking the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust [as delivered] New York ...

Yes, Hegseth is confirmed to be the next U.S. secretary of defense. J.D. Vance broke the 51-50 tie as three Republicans, including Mitch McConnell, voted “no” for Hegseth. The Senate advanced ...

"The Wild Robot" has Oscar momentum after grabbing three nominations. But the sci-fi adventure is in a tight race with indie "Flow," which snagged two. “The Wild Robot” is the slight favorite ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is running for governor of the all-important swing state of ...

Incoming Trump officials have tapped Dorothy Fink, an endocrinologist and career civil servant, as the interim secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, according to three people ...

Trump, who has nominated two people so far to lead the Education Department, did select as acting secretary Denise Carter, who was acting chief operating officer of the department’s Office of Federal ...

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Secretary Marco Rubio took the helm of the State Department just hours after taking the oath of office. Watch in our player above. Trump’s first confirmed cabinet appointment, Rubio entered the ...