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

Complicating the matter for senators is the Trump campaign’s decision to not engage, so far, in the traditional transition ...

Several Republican senators have said they are not inclined to abdicate their "advice and consent" role in presidential ...

Some members of the Cabinet, like vice president and White House chief of staff, do not need Senate approval. But most of ...

Burgum was a serious contender to be Trump’s vice presidential choice this summer. The two-term governor was seen as a ...

Picking a man to be the attorney general of the United States who has been embroiled in an investigation by the House Ethics ...

The Republican leader argued releasing the report about Trump's attorney general pick would set a "terrible precedent." ...

Trump chose Steven Cheung, one of his most bellicose aides, for the top White House press job. He also named Karoline Leavitt ...

The House Speaker says President-elect Donald Trump has an “embarrassment of riches” to choose his Cabinet from after making ...

Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a centrist Democrat with strong ties to former President Bill Clinton and the corporate world, on ...

Reaction among Republicans on Capitol Hill to President-elect Donald Trump's choice of Matt Gaetz for attorney general ranged ...