WASHINGTON – Sen. Marco Rubio became the first member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet to be approved by the Senate, overwhelmingly winning confirmation hours after the executive branch ...

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A total of 15 of the 31 seats in the Texas State Senate were up for election in 2024. The chamber's Republican majority increased from 19-12 to 20-11. All 31 seats in the Texas State Senate were up ...

Democrats let Secretary of State Marco Rubio blitz to Senate confirmation Monday ... traditional post-inauguration luncheon in Statuary Hall to lean on Schumer, his sometime gym buddy, to relent ...

Democratic Sens. Jon Ossoff (left) and Raphael Warnock, both of Georgia, attend a campaign event for presidential candidate Kamala Harris in Atlanta last summer. Photo: Demetrius Freeman/The ...

THURSDAY BEFORE A MILD WEEKEND AHEAD. WELL, THE PELLA COMMUNITY IS IN MOURNING TODAY AFTER A COUPLE DIED IN A MOTORCYCLE CRASH DOWN IN TEXAS. CARNEY RADIO REPORTS THE CRASH HAPPENED FRIDAY NEAR ...

Treasury Secretary designee Scott Bessent’s nomination advanced past a key Senate committee Tuesday, teeing up his likely confirmation with a full floor vote in the coming days. The Senate ...

Scott Bessent, President Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, won bipartisan support Tuesday as his nomination cleared a Senate committee. The Senate Finance Committee voted 16-11 to ...

A Pella couple has been identified as the victims of a SUV vs. motorcycle crash that occurred near the Texas-Mexico border. Multiple media reports from the area say that Dale and Evelyn Baarda ...

The Senate unanimously approved Senator Marco Rubio of Florida as secretary of state in the first vote on President Trump’s cabinet selections. Needed to win Needed to win Notes: Confirmation ...