New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that she is joining the Senate Appropriations Committee as the new Congress gets underway. Appropriations oversees federal spending and funding that goes to programs and government agencies.

In the 2025 legislative session, Capital Region U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will focus on the health of their constituents and the economy. “Our approach

WASHINGTON — New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand celebrated the success of her yearlong campaign as President Joe Biden declared Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment has been lawfully ratified and now is the law of the land.

Vice President Vance cast a tie-breaking vote as Hegseth overcame allegations of sexual assault, public drunkenness and questions of financial mismanagement to win Senate approval.

Former Representative Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump's nominee for National Intelligence Director, answered questions during a contentious hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday.

Newly confirmed US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has drawn a spotlight on the role of women in the US military, having made statements over the years questioning the effectiveness of female troops in combat.

Gabbard, a former congresswoman and an Army Reserve officer, faced challenging questions from senators on both sides of the aisle during her confirmation hearing to become director of national intelligence.

Trump’s nominee for director of intelligence said, under oath, that she was not aware “until today” that a prominent cleric she met in Syria threatened to unleash suicide bombers in the United States.

Gabbard was questioned by Republicans and Democrats alike on her views of Snowden and whether she believes he was a traitor. She declined to say she believed he was a traitor, repeating that she felt he had broken the law and reiterating a point that she has made in the past, that he exposed practices that have resulted in the reform of 702.

Dan Driscoll, an Army veteran and businessman, told senators that he would serve as the soldiers’ secretary of the Army, “not of the generals or of the bureaucracy,” if he is confirmed as President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the largest military service.

New Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has been privately indicating she's prepared to intervene in contested primaries. Why it matters: Senate Democrats want to avoid the GOP's Obama-era pain of watching preferred candidates lose primaries to unelectable newcomers.

Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump’s pick to be the next director of national intelligence, endured a difficult hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday as lawmakers pressed her on