Trump's use of recess appointments would bypass the Senate confirmation process for some of the most powerful positions in ...

President-elect Donald Trump is considering recess appointments to skip Senate confirmations for some of the most powerful ...

As President-elect Donald Trump moves to set up a more forceful presidency than in his first term, he is choosing loyalists ...

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

Unencumbered from the duties of party leadership and in the twilight of his magnificent career, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is free to do what he thinks is right.

Trump’s Cabinet picks are posing the biggest early test for Congress. While Trump’s choice of Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., for ...

For all the drama generated every four years by Cabinet appointments, defeat of a nominee by a vote in the Senate is ...

Plus, Sen. John Thune will be the next Senate majority leader, while President-elect Donald Trump continues to build his next ...

Plus, Republicans prepare to scrutinize Matt Gaetz's attorney general nomination, and Trump picks Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as ...

Senate Republicans are warning that the controversial nominee is unlikely to sail through their GOP-controlled chamber next year without a House ethics report.