Complicating the matter for senators is the Trump campaign’s decision to not engage, so far, in the traditional transition ...

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

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

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 ...

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After a resounding election victory, delivering what United States President-elect Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans call a "mandate" to govern, an uneasy political question is emerging: Will ...

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

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.

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 ...