Pence Breaks Senate Tie To Confirm DeVos As Education Secretary
Senate confirms Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary after Vice President Mike Pence breaks 50-50 tie.
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Senate confirms Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary after Vice President Mike Pence breaks 50-50 tie.
An extended family of Syrian immigrants have returned to Pennsylvania more than a week after they were detained at Philadelphia International Airport amid President Donald Trump's travel ban.
A Pennsylvania Senate committee is poised to advance legislation to impose new restrictions on elective abortions.
A federal appeals court denied early Sunday the Justice Department's request for an immediate reinstatement of President Donald Trump's ban on accepting certain travelers and all refugees.
The government on Saturday suspended enforcement of President Donald Trump's refugee and immigration ban and scurried to appeal a judge's order.
The State Department says fewer than 60,000 foreigners from seven majority-Muslim countries had their visas provisionally canceled.
Sen. Pat Toomey says he is, "very confident we are going to confirm Neil Gorsuch."
A top aide to President Donald Trump has cited a 2011 "massacre" in Kentucky that never happened as a reason why the administration's temporary ban on immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations is necessary.
Pittsburgh City Council members are demanding answers after this week's Flush and Boil Water Advisory left thousands of city residents without water for nearly two days.
Local residents are complaining that they cannot get through to Senator Pat Toomey's offices by phone.
Republican Sen. Susan Collins is joining her Maine colleague, independent Sen. Angus King, in opposing the nomination of Betsy DeVos for education secretary.
Republicans jammed two of President Donald Trump's top Cabinet picks through the Senate Finance Committee with no Democrats in the room Wednesday after suspending a rule that would have otherwise barred them from taking the vote.
Judge Neil Gorsuch made his first trip to Capitol Hill to meet Republican Majority Leader U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell.
President Donald Trump has nominated federal appeals judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to announce his nominee for the Supreme Court Tuesday night.
