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 ...

WASHINGTON: Questions - and, for some, outrage - intensified over several of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks ...

Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown (D), who was recently unseated by Republican businessman Bernie Moreno, seems open to a bid for the ...

After Trump announced Gaetz as his pick for U.S. attorney general, the Florida Republican abruptly resigned from the House, ...

Even with unified GOP control of government, Trump's agenda and some of his more controversial nominees may run into some ...

Trump announced several controversial cabinet nominees, including Democrat-turned-Republican Tulsi Gabbard for director of ...

If Senator Marco Rubio becomes secretary of state, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida will choose his replacement. Some lawmakers ...

Senate won’t confirm, say, Matt Gaetz as attorney general? Just wait until they leave — maybe even if they don’t want to.