Some Senate Republicans have balked at Trump's picking Matt Gaetz to serve as his attorney general. And then there's Tommy ...

Republican Dave McCormick won the U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania, Decision Desk HQ projected on Thursday, beating ...

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

The PRESS Act, which would protect journalists from government spying, enjoys broad bipartisan support and has passed the ...

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

President-elect Donald Trump is still choosing his nominees for his second term in the White House − and making some ...

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

Durbin, the current Senate Majority Whip and chair of the Senate Judiciary ... to the question of Mr. Gaetz’s confirmation as ...

President-elect Donald Trump has declared a strong intention to use recess appointments in his next term. What are recess ...

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

Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is preparing to lead the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

A Democratic senator warned Wednesday that President-elect Donald Trump's push for recess nominations might spell the end of ...