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

The U.S. Senate committee in charge of advancing judicial nominees for D.C. courts held a hearing Thursday, before a shift in which political party holds power ...

President-elect Donald Trump is calling on Republicans in the running for Senate majority leadership to allow him to make ...

Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is preparing to lead the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

President-elect Donald Trump has declared a strong intention to use recess appointments in his next term. What are recess ...

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

Trump is challenging congressional Republicans to defy him as he says he will nominate controversial figures to his Cabinet.

At a House of Representatives committee hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena Wednesday, lawmakers will hear from a ...

Will he or won’t he go along with Donald Trump’s plan to jam down the Senate’s throat his controversial Cabinet and other ...