WASHINGTON – The Senate was headed for a confirmation vote Thursday night on Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s nominee ...

While Democrats don’t have the Senate votes to tank Trump nominees, they can derail the chamber’s day-to-day functions.

State legislators say the bipartisan bill would support overworked firefighters by addressing staffing issues.

The new National Wildland Firefighting Service would require a specific budget and a Senate-confirmed director.

U.S. aid workers around the world scrambled Wednesday to pack up households or pull children from school after the Trump ...

President Trump’s order to release billions of gallons of water in California’s Central Valley last week — with the purported goal of dousing fires 100 miles away — is being slammed as both ...

The House was in recess last week. Both it and the Senate are scheduled for legislative activity next week.

During the confirmation hearing for Trump's Director of the FBI nominee, Kash Patel in the Senate this week, Senator Alex Padilla slammed Patel over his qualifications for the position.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta praises court for blocking federal funding freeze amounting to an estimated $3 trillion ...

Against the backdrop of the fires that wiped out whole sections of Southern California, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and Los ...