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

Vice President-elect JD Vance has been working the phones reaching out to senators trying to gauge support for former Florida ...

• Background checks: Trump’s transition team is bypassing traditional FBI checks for at least some of his Cabinet picks while using private companies to conduct vetting of potential candidates for ...

Confirming Matt Gaetz to run the Justice Department and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head Health and Human Services through the ...

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

Nominees can face a lengthy Senate vetting process before taking office, though Trump may try to upend that exercise in some ...

After a resounding election victory, delivering what President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans said is a mandate to govern ...