New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that she is joining the Senate Appropriations Committee as the new Congress gets underway. Appropriations oversees federal spending and funding that goes to programs and government agencies.

Hegseth pushed back on allegations that he disparaged women serving in the military under tough questioning during his Senate confirmation hearing.

Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand is back in Washington for another term, and she’s planning to push for a number of key priorities while serving in the minority.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a virtual press conference to share her legislative priorities and goals for the 119th Congress.

Donald Trump’s nomination for defense secretary was on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, and he answered scathing questions from senators from Connecticut and New York — Richard Blumenthal and Kirsten Gillibrand — during his confirmation hearing.

WASHINGTON — New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand celebrated the success of her yearlong campaign as President Joe Biden declared Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment has been lawfully ratified and now is the law of the land.

Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand called out Hegseth’s comments on women serving in the military. Hegseth claimed during the hearing, held by the Senate Armed Services Committee, that his problem is not with women—his problem is with military ...

The Senate hearing for President-elect Donald Trump's proposed secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, reignited tensions over his Christian tattoos, which his critics claim represent an "extremist" ideology.

Late last year Gillibrand declared she wanted to chair the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the party's fundraising arm, for the 2026 election cycle. On Monday, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) made her appointment to the post official.

Good morning! Mastercard will settle a pay discrimination suit for $26 million, the Fortune 500 loses a female CEO, and senators grill Trump defense pick Pete Hegseth. - On defense. Pete Hegseth testified before the Senate Committee on Armed Services yesterday in his bid to become Donald Trump's secretary of defense.

Pete Hegseth pitched himself as a "change agent" to lead the Defense Department while Democrats excoriated him as unfit during his confirmation hearing.

Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense deflected most of the substantive questions he was asked.