WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is appealing a judge’s order that blocks him from punishing Democratic Sen.

A showdown with President Donald Trump over military integrity raised Sen. Mark Kelly’s profile among Democrats. Cash poured in after Trump called for a sedition charge, bolstering a possible 2028 ...

Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain and astronaut, said in an interview with BBC that he will “seriously consider” a run for president.

Melissa Quinn is a senior reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. Washington — Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona filed a ...

Kelly, an Arizona Democrat, sued Hegseth after the Defense Secretary moved to formally censure him for participating in a video where he told service members they can refuse illegal orders.

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PHOENIX — Arizona U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly wants Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to lose her job. “Kristi Noem needs to be fired,” he told MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” show on Wednesday morning. That’s ...

Attorneys for Democratic Senator Mark Kelly argued that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was brazenly violating the separation of powers by seeking to punish a member of Congress for public statements.

A federal judge on Tuesday questioned whether the Pentagon has legal authority to censure Democrat Mark Kelly, a sitting U.S. senator who appeared in a video urging service members to resist unlawful ...

A federal judge appears likely to rule in favor of Sen. Mark Kelly in his lawsuit against the Trump administration over its efforts to reduce his retirement rank as a Navy captain after he urged ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday that he knows of no U.S. Supreme Court precedent to justify the Pentagon’s censuring of a sitting U.S. senator who joined a videotaped plea for troops to ...