Pentagon officials are pushing spokesperson Sean Parnell for the position and launching attacks against other candidates.

Lonnie G. Bunch III, the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, announced today he will retire from his position, concluding nearly 38 years of service at the Smithsonian and a career that has shaped the museum field in the United States and beyond.

Senate confirmation hearings are slated to begin on Jan. 14, 2025, for Pete Hegseth, whom President-elect Donald Trump has chosen to serve as the next secretary of defense. It’s a massive job, broadly affecting Americans’ security at home and abroad ...

The secretary of homeland security is the newest permanent member of the president’s Cabinet, overseeing the sprawling agencies and missions of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and an annual budget exceeding US$62.2 billion. It is a massive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pete Buttigieg has been a particularly consequential secretary of the Department of Transportation. During his tenure, the agency passed a slew of new consumer protections and generally ...

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is this year’s designated survivor, retreating from Washington to an undisclosed location during President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday. Cardona will stay away from the US Capitol, fulfilling the ...

President Biden on Tuesday nominated Julie Su to be the next labor secretary, elevating a longtime advocate for workers to implement a key part of the administration’s agenda. Currently the Labor Department’s deputy secretary, Su quickly emerged as a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The secretary of state wears several hats, including managing the day-to-day at the U.S. Department of State. Greg Mathieson/Mai/Getty Images U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, Donald ...