U.S. Senate

The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed former Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be the nation's assistant secretary of health.

For the first time a Native American will lead the powerful department.

Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, the committee's top Republican on the committee, opposed her nomination.

Senate committees also heard from Biden's nominees for surgeon general and trade representative.

U.S. House prosecutors have criticized Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and most of his colleagues “for trying to have it both ways.”

The Senate has yet to schedule a confirmation hearing for interior Secretary nominee Deb Haaland.

Most Republicans voted to overturn the results despite the violent siege of the Capitol just hours earlier.

A CT scan found a blockage in his carotid artery.

Senate hearings for her nomination begin on Monday.