Several Republican senators have said they are not inclined to abdicate their "advice and consent" role in presidential ...

Confirming Matt Gaetz to run the Justice Department and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head Health and Human Services through the ...

• Background checks: Trump’s transition team is bypassing traditional FBI checks for at least some of his Cabinet picks while using private companies to conduct vetting of potential candidates for ...

To allow Trump to make the appointments, Republican senators would have to pass a motion of adjournment with a simple ...

After a resounding election victory, delivering what President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans said is a mandate to govern ...

President-elect Donald Trump tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the US Health and Human Services Department. Vaccine stocks ...

Vice President-elect JD Vance has been working the phones reaching out to senators trying to gauge support for former Florida ...

If you wanted to test the loyalty of the U.S. Senate and its members’ willingness to capitulate to you and your agenda, you ...

The once and future president tried to oust Thune from the Senate in 2022. Thune won another term. Now, he’s the Senate ...

Trump’s eyebrow-raising Cabinet nominees and the threat of recess appointments are putting the incoming Senate leader between ...

President-elect Donald J. Trump is seeking to circumvent the long and drawn-out process of having to submit nominations to ...