Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington ...

Senate HELP Committee members expressed their confusion over the existence of a recording of a meeting between Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former CDC director Susan Monarez that Sen.

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, reversed himself on the Senate filibuster Wednesday after years of unflinching support for the 60-vote threshold to pass most bills. Now, locked in a ...

President Trump announced Thursday that he has chosen Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to be the next Secretary of Homeland Security. If confirmed, Mullin would replace Kristi Noem, who has led the ...

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., in his patented off-the-cuff, southern style, urged the "smart lawyers" in Congress and beyond to rework the SAVE America Act to pass Senate parliamentarian "muster," so it ...

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Friday said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was “dead as fried chicken” after he pressed her during a Senate hearing about a $220 million ad campaign not approved ...

Nearly two and a half years after they nearly came to blows in a viral Senate hearing, Teamsters President Sean O’Brien offered praise for Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., on Thursday after President ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Markwayne Mullin, the White House pick for homeland security secretary, made a case to fellow senators Wednesday that he would be a steady hand for a department roiled by controversy ...

Kathryn Watson is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital, based in Washington, D.C. Washington — President Trump announced Thursday that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem would ...

Teamsters President Sean O’Brien offered unexpected praise on Thursday for Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s (R-Okla.) nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the latest sign of ...