Rep. Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump's pick for CIA director, heads into his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday, taking questions at a time when the President-elect has expressed skepticism of the intelligence community and Russia's meddling in last year's election.
Classified documents presented last week to President Obama and President-elect Trump included allegations that Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump, multiple US officials with direct knowledge of the briefings tell CNN.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said he spoke Wednesday to Donald Trump seeking to reassure the President-elect that intelligence agencies weren't the source of news accounts about a private intelligence dossier that was summarized in briefing documents for Trump.
C-SPAN is conducting an internal investigation after its online video coverage of Congress was interrupted by a live feed of Kremlin-backed news channel Russia Today.
Ben Carson, the renowned neurosurgeon and former GOP presidential candidate, will sit before a Senate committee Thursday morning to make the case that he should be confirmed to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
President-elect Donald Trump's selection to be defense secretary will get his turn before the Senate on Thursday, facing the Armed Services Committee in the third day of marathon confirmation hearings for the new administration's nominees.
Another Democratic member of Congress has announced that they will not attend the inauguration of Donald Trump. California Rep. Barbara Lee said Thursday she will spend the day "preparing for the resistance."
House Republicans have campaigned on repealing and replacing Obamacare since 2010, but leaders are still working behind the scenes to lock down votes ahead of a Friday vote on the resolution that starts rolling back the law.
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team announced Thursday that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani "will be sharing his expertise and insight as a trusted friend concerning private sector cybersecurity problems and emerging solutions developing in the private sector."
Sen. James Inhofe defended Donald Trump's comparison of leaking intelligence agencies to Nazi Germany by arguing Thursday the comment showed the President-elect's "sense of humor."
President-elect Donald Trump's choice for Defense Secretary, Ret. Gen. James Mattis, faced a series of rapid-fire questions at his confirmation hearing Thursday about the Middle East from Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a big player on military issues.
Donald Trump's pick for CIA director said Thursday he would not restart the CIA's use of enhanced interrogation techniques if he were approved for the position.
Senate Republicans are poised to take the first step to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare law by approving a budget blueprint that they've dubbed the Obamacare "repeal resolution."
House Speaker Paul Ryan weighed in Thursday on a controversial painting hanging in a Capitol Hill tunnel that depicts some police officers as pigs, calling it "disgusting" and "not befitting the Capitol."
