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 ...

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman’s (D) message to fellow Democrats regarding President-elect Trump and his appointments is to ...

Since his election last week, President-elect Donald Trump has announced over a dozen appointments to key cabinet positions ...

Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson says that he will "strongly request" that the House Ethics Committee not release the results of ...

A “close friend” of Trump’s pick for attorney general wants a federal court to destroy witness statements about a 2017 sex ...

Trump has an electoral mandate to disrupt the government and certain members of the government have an ethical mandate to ...