The appointments had been stalled over negotiations to recognize the indigenous Lumbee people of North Carolina as a federal tribe.

Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, panned President Trump’s proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine war as rewarding Russian

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) has kept President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees in Mississippi from advancing as he seeks to compel federal recognition for an indigenous group as a tribe in his state.

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MI) called out the Pentagon on Tuesday for an “unsettling trend” of pursuing policies that differ from those favored by President Donald Trump, while also criticizing the Department of Defense for not sharing information as ...

President Trump has proposed a 28-point peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war, prompting responses from European leaders, U.S. and Polish officials, as well as support from Russia and Hungary.

The nominations of state Supreme Court Justices Robert Chamberlin and James Maxwell as well as James Kruger and Scott Leary for U.S. Attorney posts in the Southern and Northern Mississippi districts, respectively, had been held up by North Carolina U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R) since September.