The consultant, Arthur Schwartz, has close ties to Trump’s orbit and helped shepherd Pete Hegseth’s defense secretary bid through the Senate.

Sen. Dick Durbin alleges the Trump loyalist abused power. Martin says Durbin “weaponized” D.C.’s legal disciplinary system against Trump’s lawyers.

The bill does not link tariffs to fentanyl smuggling but seeks expanded authority to sanction state-owned or state-controlled Chinese entities, including banks, involved in financing foreign opioid trafficking. The measure also would have the U.S. government track more chemicals that can be used to make methamphetamines.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune expressed wariness Tuesday over some of President Donald Trump’s recent policies, including new tariffs from the administration that threaten to raise the prices Americans pay for a wide array of goods.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Banking Committee voted Thursday to advance the nomination of Jonathan McKernan to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The legislation would affect loans from industrial loan and thrift lenders, which typically lend to people who can't access traditional bank credit.

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova slammed Senate Democrats, who have no one from that side of the aisle voted for the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.

The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act failed to clear a procedural hurdle on Monday after it received no support from Senate Democrats.

The Senate voted Monday to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as the nation's education chief, a role that places her atop a department that President Trump has vilified and vowed to dismantle.