The vice president acknowledged that President Donald Trump's more controversial Cabinet nominees face tight votes but ...

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.

News & Observer readers comment on the GOP’s platform, columnist Gene Nichol, Pete Hegseth, Helene victims, Trump’s pardon, ...

The framers of the Constitution imagined Congress as the preeminent branch of government. But many Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill seem content to play second fiddle.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth narrowly secured his nomination to President Donald Trump 's cabinet, nudged into the role by the tiebreaking vote of Vice President JD Vance after a handful of ...