During a recent Senate Finance Committee hearing, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) lambasted RFK Jr. over his incompetence as HHS Secretary, as he fails to know how many people died from COVID and refuses to acknowledge that vaccines help prevent deaths.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a grilling before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday over CDC turmoil and vaccine changes. Here are four takeaways.

The cold open ended with a surprise appearance from SNL alum Tina Fey as Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. “That’s right, it’s me, Kristi Noem,” Fey said, holding an assault rifle.

In a tense and chaotic Senate hearing on October 7, 2025, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi was left visibly stunned before erupting in a fiery outburst. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse confronted her with alleged photos of Donald Trump with half-naked women found in Jeffrey Epstein’s safe,

FBI Director Kash Patel came under bipartisan fire Tuesday during a combative Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing, during which lawmakers grilled him over the bureau’s handling of Charlie Kirk ‘s assassination investigation, the Jeffrey Epstein case files, staffing shortages, and allegations of political retaliation.

Attorney General Pamela Bondi repeatedly declined to answer questions from Democratic senators during a Senate oversight hearing Tuesday on some of the largest controversies involving the Justice

Attorney General Pam Bondi sidestepped many questions from Democrats during a combative Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, often instead launching personal attacks on her questioners.

In a move that shows the government budget cycle is never truly over, appropriators in the Michigan Senate on Wednesday took their first steps toward instituting the House’s earmark transparency rules into state law.

During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in June, Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Laura Loomer. Rosen scolded Hegseth at the end of their exchange over his immature behavior unbefitting of a cabinet secretary.