If we want to deploy actual power to block Trump’s vicious agenda once he takes control of the federal government, we will ...

How far can Donald Trump go to push through some of his controversial Cabinet picks, like former Rep. Matt Gaetz?

In choosing South Dakota’s John Thune as their new leader, Senate Republicans appear to have recognized a crucial truth: It is in their party’s interest to be led by a Donald Trump supporter but not a ...

Republicans will have a likely 53-seat majority when they start the confirmation process in the next Congress, up one from ...

As of Nov. 15, the soon-to-be U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he does not favor recess appointments for President ...

( The Hill) – Multiple Republican senators are looming as potential obstacles to President-elect Trump’s controversial ...

Recess appointments could allow the president-elect to bypass Senate confirmations for some of the most powerful positions in ...

Senate Republicans are faced with the choice of whether to assert independence or confirm a string of unqualified nominees.