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Kelly Ortberg, CEO of Boeing, speaking on CNBC's Squawk Box on Jan. 28th, 2025.CNBCBoeing CEO Kelly Ortberg will testify in front of a Senate committee on Wednesday on the progress the plane maker has made on improving its manufacturing…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House, flanked by U.S. Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, on the day he signs executive orders for reciprocal tariffs, in Washington, U.S., February 13, 2025. Kevin…

The Senate was struggling to muscle Pete Hegseth's nomination as defense secretary toward confirmation ahead of a vote late Friday, prioritizing his vow to create a "warrior culture" at the Pentagon over allegations of heavy drinking and…

Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth meets with Senator-elect Jim Banks (R-IN) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 5, 2024.Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersSecretary of Defense hopeful Pete Hegseth is set to appear for a high-stakes…

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday cleared the first hurdle to passing a bipartisan measure aimed at keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous people, agreeing to take up a compromise bill whose enactment would break a yearslong…

If NASA and the Pentagon operated like the U.S. Senate, America would have never reached the moon and would have a dismal record in warfare, Sen. Mark Kelly said in a bleak assessment of his new workplace.“The United States Senate…

Harry Reid served in both state and federal political positions throughout his decades-long career. In 1983, Reid was elected by Nevada's 1st District to the House of Representatives. On January 12, former Senate Majority Leader…

Last week, Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, said Republicans could have until Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, to drop their opposition to debate and votes on the issue, or face the prospect of…

While it likely won't become law since its chances of getting a vote in the House are uncertain and Biden is certain to veto it, the effort demonstrates the bipartisan opposition in Congress to the federal government's vaccine mandate…

So President Joe Biden turned to shame on Tuesday, thundering at US senators that they'll be siding with the Confederate President Jefferson Davis over the American President Abraham Lincoln if they don't vote to change Senate rules.…