The Senate is holding more confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks ahead of his return to ...

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says Donald Trump is a president-elect who for all of his aggressive talk is afraid to let ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson wasn’t Washington’s only statewide official to take the oath of office on Wednesday. Washington state ...

The US Treasury Department will start taking "extraordinary measures" next week to avoid risking a default on government debt, Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday, days before President-elect Donald ...

Scott Bessent, a South Carolina billionaire hedge fund manager, wasted no time getting to the crux of his confirmation ...

The Pentagon Inspector General released a scathing report about Defense Secretary Austin’s failure to quickly disclose his ...

Department of Homeland Security employee morale is significantly better as Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas leaves office. Will ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is bidding farewell to the forces and personnel he's led through a tumultuous term.

Join Washington Post reporters for live coverage of the confirmation hearing of Pete Hegseth to be the next secretary of ...

Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for energy secretary, told senators during his confirmation hearing ...

Trump’s nominee for energy secretary called finishing the environmental cleanup at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern ...