The Senate has confirmed five members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet since he assumed office on Jan. 20, with five more ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune argued that Senate Republicans are actually “ahead of schedule” in the confirmation process ...

President Donald Trump has reportedly threatened to adjourn Congress so that he may make recess appointments. “Trump most recently raised the prospect of … [adjourning Congress] during […] ...

The tactics are reminiscent of the ones taken the first time Trump entered the White House. At the time, Democrats homed in ...

For most of U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s 18-year tenure as the Senate Republican Leader, he was vilified as an “establishment” ...

It could take weeks, and in some cases months, to confirm President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees as the Republican-led Senate prepares for his return to the White House. Senate Majority ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen ... George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Only Biden spoke. Trump sat next to Obama and had a cordial conversation before the funeral began.

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom ...

No president has ever exercised this constitutional power, but "this remains a significant possibility in the eyes of the ...

In a sign of the ongoing clash, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said the one-bill strategy was settled, while Senate Majority Leader John Thune left ... referring to an “Obama standard ...