WASHINGTON – Republicans have taken control of the U.S. Senate, leaving Colorado’s two Democratic senators in the minority.

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

Donald Trump's extreme administration picks may face an uphill Senate confirmation battle, but they could be forced in through recess appointments.

President-elect Trump has made quick work of pulling together a Cabinet and group of senior aides for his incoming ...

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the ...

Members of Trump’s transition team, including incoming Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, discussed the allegation with Hegseth on Thursday, and he said the investigation was related to a consensual sexual ...

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

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), who ran for majority leader explicitly as a Trump lieutenant, made it plain he’d do whatever the new ...

John Thune of South Dakota, who Senate Republicans elected as ... Thune also has said that he is open to enabling Trump to make appointments using recess appointment authority. Under the authority, a ...

Several conservative justices are on the record that the Trump recess appointments scheme is unconstitutional.

Governor Kristi Noem’s appointment as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security is raising questions for some, but ...