The Senate Republicans balking at Trump’s Cabinet picks
President-elect Donald Trump is going for it with his Cabinet picks. These are picks that align with his worldview and inclination to wreck shop in the U.S. government — but that are giving his party heartburn.
Trump will have a GOP Senate and House as president — what unified government means for his Cabinet and agenda
Even with unified GOP control of government, Trump's agenda and some of his more controversial nominees may run into some opposition.
Trump 'challenging' Republican senators with controversial Cabinet picks: ANALYSIS
Donald Trump was elected with a mandate last week. He's now using it to challenge Republican senators to confirm his Cabinet picks.
There’s a plan in case Senate Republicans aren’t as pliant as Trump wants
Senate won’t confirm, say, Matt Gaetz as attorney general? Just wait until they leave — maybe even if they don’t want to.
Trump tests GOP-led Senate with controversial cabinet picks
President-elect Donald Trump is setting up a test for the new Republican-led Senate on controversial cabinet appointments. They're preparing to stand their ground. Trump did not get involved in the chamber's high-stakes Republican leadership election Wednesday,
RNC 'excited' about working with Senate Republicans to confirm Trump's Cabinet picks
RNC chair Michael Whatley joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss the latest on the quest to confirm president-elect's Cabinet picks and why the party filed suit in Pennsylvania over undated mail ballots.
Trump's cabinet picks 'litigated in this election:' Republican congressman
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Matt Gaetz as attorney general and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services.
Trump’s Cabinet Picks Test Senate G.O.P.’s Deference
The president-elect’s choice of combative loyalists who could have trouble being confirmed has raised constitutional questions about executive power and the Senate’s prerogatives.
Trump tests GOP with controversial Cabinet picks
President-elect Trump is quickly testing the will of Senate Republicans, asking them to back controversial picks to his Cabinet such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), while at the same time demanding they give him more power by easing recess appointments.
Trump's controversial cabinet picks: Republicans express shock and concern
Donald Trump has had few defenders in Congress as reliable as Matt Gaetz, who has thundered at one prosecutor after another for perceived bias against the president-elect and emphatically amplified
‘War on the verge of breaking out’: Trump allies fume over possible new Senate GOP hires
A plan under consideration would upend the party’s traditional method of competing in Senate races and could cause discord ...
Vance, Gaetz call senators to shore up support amid GOP concerns
Vice President-elect JD Vance has been working the phones reaching out to senators trying to gauge support for former Florida ...
Full List of Republican Senators Endorsing Rick Scott for Majority Leader
The Florida senator Rick Scott is the front-runner to become the new Senate majority leader, with several Republican senators ...
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Republican US senator warns he has votes to block Biden court nominee
A U.S. Senate panel on Thursday advanced the nomination of one of Democratic President Joe Biden's final picks to serve as a ...
What Trump Can’t Do in the Race for Senate GOP Leader
The future of Donald Trump’s second term in office will be shaped inside a closed room in the United States Senate on ...
Republicans reject Trump allies' pick, elect John Thune as next Senate majority leader
John Thune, 63, defeated Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott in the secret-ballot vote to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate ...
Republicans dominate Democrats in races for state Senate control
Republicans have maintained control of the Arizona Senate, picking up an extra seat to finish the 2024 election with a 17-13 ...