Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that she is in favor of getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management ...

The Education Secretary has rejected criticism of plans to revamp Ofsted ... summaries of inspectors’ findings – in a report card for parents. The proposed evaluation areas would be leadership and ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed former Rep. Sean Duffy as the next secretary of transportation on Tuesday, marking a return to public office for the northwestern Wisconsin Republican after a ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn in as Defense Secretary on Saturday, following a tie-breaking vote by Vice President JD Vance to end a stalemate in Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, during which some ...

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 ...

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 ...

By Katie Glueck Jocelyn Benson, the Democratic secretary of state of Michigan, on Wednesday announced a run to succeed the term-limited Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, plunging into a high-profile and ...

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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Donald Trump has appointed the youngest ever White House press secretary in history after a 27-year-old landed the coveted job. Karoline Leavitt will serve as Trump's press secretary and will be ...