The Senate Majority Caucus has concluded its leadership elections to designate legislators to key positions that will guide ...

After one of the most chaotic and least productive U.S. House sessions in modern history, voters made a surprising choice in ...

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

Democrats lost their supermajority in the Colorado House after prolonged vote counting showed the party losing key seats needed to maintain their two-thirds majority.  While two races will have ...

A recess, for the Senate, means giving up power to the president — especially the power they share under the Constitution to make appointments to key executive posts, including the president’s cabinet ...

Trump's use of recess appointments would bypass the Senate confirmation process for some of the most powerful positions in ...

The House Ethics Committee reportedly canceled its Friday meeting as pressure surges for the committee to release its report ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that he will “strongly request” that the House Ethics Committee not release the ...

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

The Social Security Fairness Act, which would increase benefits for 2.8 million retirees, has bipartisan support but time ...

Trump announced several controversial cabinet nominees, including Democrat-turned-Republican Tulsi Gabbard for director of ...

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy is separating from his wife, Catherine Holahan, after two decades together. In an email sent Friday ...