WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Begins 'Most Important Deployment of My Life' Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was sworn into his new role leading America's 3.5 million service members and civilians by Vice President JD Vance this morning, following Hegseth's Friday evening Senate confirmation. "When President Trump chose me for this position, the primary charge he gave me was to bring the warrior cult  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senator Tina Smith Named Top Democrat on the Senate Housing Subcommittee WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) today was named Ranking Member on the Senate Housing, Transportation, and Community Development Subcommittee on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs for the 119 th Congress. The Chair of the Subcommittee is Senator Katie Britt (R-AL). Smith has l  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar, Tina Smith Join Colleagues to Introduce Bill to Award Congressional Gold Medals to Members of the "Miracle on Ice" Olympic Hockey Team WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith (both D-MN) joined their colleagues to introduce the Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act, legislation to award three Congressional Gold Medals to members of the 19  more