Recess appointments would allow Donald Trump to appoint his nominees while the Senate is not in session, skirting the ...

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

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

The Republican senator has spent years battling Anthony S. Fauci and public-health experts over the pandemic’s origins.

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

Some Senate Republicans have balked at Trump's picking Matt Gaetz to serve as his attorney general. And then there's Tommy ...

The Republican president-elect’s victory and the GOP takeover of the Senate leaves just seven weeks of Democratic control of ...

President-elect Donald Trump's picks for his Cabinet and other high-profile posts will be a test for the new Senate. Will it ...

President-elect Donald Trump is still choosing his nominees for his second term in the White House − and making some ...

Republican Dave McCormick won the U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania, Decision Desk HQ projected on Thursday, beating ...

Sen. John Thune has won an internal election among Republican senators to become the chamber’s next majority leader ...

It was July, and Gaetz — who will oversee the Federal Bureau of Prisons if he becomes attorney general — was visiting El ...