Nominees can face a lengthy Senate vetting process before taking office, though Trump may try to upend that exercise in some ...

Confirming Matt Gaetz to run the Justice Department and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head Health and Human Services through the ...

• Background checks: Trump’s transition team is bypassing traditional FBI checks for at least some of his Cabinet picks while using private companies to conduct vetting of potential candidates for ...

"Are you shittin' me?" Rep. Mike Simpson (R–Idaho) asked when informed that Donald Trump planned to nominate Matt Gaetz—a ...

A Texas Republican has filed a bill this week that would allow either of the two state’s senators to be recalled if "they go rogue" midterm. Texas State Rep. Brian Harrison (R-Midlothian) introduced ...

Vice President-elect JD Vance has been working the phones reaching out to senators trying to gauge support for former Florida ...

To allow Trump to make the appointments, Republican senators would have to pass a motion of adjournment with a simple ...

After a resounding election victory, delivering what President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans said is a mandate to govern ...