Our intelligence community is America’s first line of defense. Republicans in the Senate have an obligation to protect it at ...

Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.) spoke out on President-elect Trump’s recent decision to tap ...

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

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

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

Sen. John Thune​ of South Dakota won on the second round of voting against Sen. John Cornyn​ of Texas in the race for Senate ...

Who senators choose, and whether Trump ultimately endorses a candidate in the final hours, could set the tone for Trump’s ...

In the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades, three senators are vying to replace ...

“Republican control of the Senate thus gives Trump the chance to use recess appointments in radically new way — basically, ...

Thune beat out two other competitors, Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott, by gaining majority support from GOP senators in a ...

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

Donald Trump's extreme administration picks may face an uphill Senate confirmation battle, but they could be forced in through recess appointments.