The Latest: Wyden pushes Comey to talk Russia, Trump
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., cited news reports and comments by the Russian foreign minister who said the Russians had contact with people associated with the president-elect's campaign.
Kelly says in a questionnaire from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs that achieving that goal starts with "physical obstacles like a border wall and supporting surveillance technologies."
President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security is emphasizing his commitment to telling "truth to power" as he seeks to win Senate confirmation.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is outlining several actions he hopes President-elect Donald Trump will take to overturn environmental regulations imposed by President Barack Obama.
McConnell also asked Trump to drop a legal defense of the Clean Power Plan, Obama's signature effort to limit carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants.
Legislation to be unveiled Tuesday would impose mandatory visa bans and freeze the financial assets of anyone who carries out cyberattacks against public or private computer systems and democratic institutions.
The bill also mandates sanctions in Russia's energy sector and on investments in the development of civil nuclear projects to rebuke Moscow for its provocations in eastern Ukraine and military support for Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The delay occurred after Betsy DeVos, Trump's pick for education secretary, whose confirmation hearing will be before the same committee, raised concerns because she hadn't finalized her financial and ethics disclosures.
Democratic legislators and labor union representatives are intensifying their opposition to President-elect Donald Trump's choice for education secretary
Doing so is a challenge because of complicated rules in the Senate that allow Republicans to push through a repeal of the Affordable Care Act without Democratic votes — but may require Democrats to go along with replacing the health law.
Ryan indicates Republicans will try to use fast-track budget rules in the Senate for elements of the replacement plan, too, adding: "we're going to use every tool at our disposal."
A senior Democratic lawmaker is asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether President-elect Donald Trump's pick for the nation's top health job engaged in any insider training.
National security experts are urging senators to pass legislation granting an exception to the law to allow retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis to serve as Donald Trump's defense secretary.
In testimony Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Eliot Cohen, a professor of strategic studies at Johns Hopkins University, says Mattis would act as a stabilizing force, "preventing wildly stupid, dangerous or illegal things from happening" on Trump's watch.
Congressional aides say Senate confirmation hearings for the candidates Donald Trump picked to run the CIA and Education Department are being delayed.
Members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee have not yet received key information about DeVos, including financial disclosure statements.
Democrats had urged GOP leaders to slow their aggressive hearing schedule, which includes Trump's picks for the nation's top diplomat, lead law enforcement officer and head of homeland security, among others.