Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump's nominee to serve as the director of national intelligence, will testify Thursday morning at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. The 43-year-old former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii and combat veteran would oversee the nation's 18 spy agencies.

As an unconventional pick to lead the nation's intelligence service, Tulsi Gabbard is expected to face tough questions about her past comments on Syria, Russia, foreign surveillance and President Donald Trump when she goes before lawmakers at her confirmation hearing Thursday.

COURTESY PHOTO U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda (D-Hawaii ) REUTERS Snow covers the grounds of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. 2 /3 REUTERS Snow covers the grounds of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. KENNY HOLSTON /THE NEW YORK TIMES “In his inaugural speech he wanted to be known as a peacemaker and unifier,

As Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell engineered many of the wins of Donald Trump’s first term, but he was right Friday night to finally say no to Trump in opposing the unqualified Pete Hegseth to be defense secretary.

It comes after the Trump administration fired Coast Guard commandant Adm. Linda Fagan, the armed forces' first female service chief who had served since 2022.

Democratic Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono was the only lawmaker on the Senate's Veterans’ Affairs Committee to oppose the confirmation of President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of the ...

Many Hawaii residents made the trip to Washington D.C. for President Donald Trump’s Inauguration, such as several house republican members, the state’s RNC chair, as well as Sen. Brian Schatz and Congressman Ed Case.

Sherman said he would hope that if a majority-Republican state were suffering from a natural disaster, he would hate to see their federal aid conditional.

The first week of President Donald Trump’s second administration has sparked concerns among Hawaii’s four congressional delegates, who worry that his promised efforts to reshape the U.S ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two months ago, in his first network television interview after the election, Donald Trump said he owed his victory to Americans' anger over immigration and inflation ...

But the sheer number of federal agencies involved showed President Donald Trump’s willingness to use federal law enforcement beyond the Department of Homeland Security to carry out his long ...