An untested provision in the Constitution might allow him to install his Cabinet picks no matter what the Senate has to say.

Republicans will have a likely 53-seat majority when they start the confirmation process in the next Congress, up one from ...

"What a whirlwind of activity. And that was just week one. Let's see what's next," said WTOP Capitol Hill Correspondent Mitchell Miller.

South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune on Sunday threatened to slap the International Criminal Court (ICC) with sanctions if ...

His team of cronies includes establishment hawks and cranky outsiders who are more likely to deliver global anarchy than world peace.

Roughly 1,000 government positions require Senate confirmation through a majority vote in the 100-seat chamber ...

( The Hill) – Multiple Republican senators are looming as potential obstacles to President-elect Trump’s controversial ...

Recess appointments could allow the president-elect to bypass Senate confirmations for some of the most powerful positions in ...

Trump had said that the next Senate leader must agree to recess appointments in order "to get people confirmed in a timely ...

Agriculture groups rally behind Thune's election as Senate majority leader as a new Farm Bill remains a top concern for the ...

The Sun Sentinel called out President-elect Donald Trump's U.S. attorney general pick, saying he was a "rogue Florida ...

Senate Republicans are faced with the choice of whether to assert independence or confirm a string of unqualified nominees.