Chairman and top Trump ally Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., suggested to senators ahead of the Wednesday Republican leader election that President-elect Donald Trump was supporting Senate Minority Whip ...

Next year's outlandish confirmation fights could thrust incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) between his ...

Top Senate Republicans are withholding support for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Matt Gaetz to serve as attorney ...

WASHINGTON — The mood in Congress among Republicans following Donald Trump’s announcement of former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) ...

Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune bluntly told Fox News on Thursday that confirming some of President-elect Donald Trump's more controversial nominees will not exactly be a breeze.

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

WASHINGTON — In the hours after President-elect Donald Trump announced that vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was his ...

Donald Trump is considering recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for even some of the most powerful ...

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

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