Democrats expressed anger at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for how he handled the Laken Riley Act, which passed the Senate this week after garnering bipartisan support. Some lawmakers complained that Democratic leadership should have secured promises from Republicans that would have allowed amendments to the immigration reform legislation before giving their blessing to

Katherine Buchanan managed money for Tim Kaine and Mark Warner’s political committees, among dozens of other Democrats.

Sen. Tim Kaine said he pushed Defense Secretary-nominee Pete Hegseth about infidelity and sexual misconduct in a hearing last week because he believed it was the only way to get Republicans to ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is meeting with Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Democrats on Monday evening to discuss the confirmation hearing for controversial Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth — just hours before its set ...

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) clashed sharply with secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth over his infidelity and reports of public drunkenness and drunkenness on the job, repeatedly pressing Hegseth ...

Pete Hegseth came under heated questioning from Sen. Tim Kaine (D., Va.) over infidelity, his behavior in his previous marriages, his drinking and whether he disclosed a 2017 sexual-assault ...

Democratic Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine questioned Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary, about some of the more salacious reports that have come out about him, Tuesday in the ...

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., invoked secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth’s daughter during a heated hearing, prompting pushback from conservatives on social media who argued that the comments crossed a line. "So you think you are completely cleared ...

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