Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Defense Department, has spent his week crisscrossing Senate ...

President Joe Biden has roughly two months left before he hands the reins to another Trump administration. Can he do anything ...

What a surprise to agree wholeheartedly (well, almost) with Jim Fossel (“Senate must not shirk its duty on nominee confirmations,” Nov. 24). He is absolutely correct in calling for President-elect ...

Both are ideas that Trump and his team have floated to avoid the meddlesome problems involved in actually winning the votes ...

The Florida sheriff is the latest of the president-elect’s appointments to back away from a top position in the new administration.

The Recess Appointment power, seldom at the forefront of national discussion, resurfaced recently as a headline topic when ...

Senate Republicans say they are open to supporting the president-elect's decisions. But they also want to see precedent ...

Trump’s intent to nominate loyalists to fill key Cabinet posts has set up a possible confrontation with the Senate.

As Congress enters recess, the president's ability to appoint ambassadors and other positions in the government has a long ...

Some Republican senators say they're ready to fight for their role to advise and consent on President-elect Donald Trump's ...

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer sent a letter to incoming Republican Leader John Thune urging him to move nominees ...

Republicans will control the White House and both houses of Congress come January. But President-elect Donald Trump’s intent to nominate loyalists to fill key Cabinet posts has set up a possible ...