Donald Trump is considering recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for even some of the most powerful ...

Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune bluntly told Fox News on Thursday that confirming some of President-elect Donald Trump's more controversial nominees will not exactly be a breeze.

WASHINGTON — In the hours after President-elect Donald Trump announced that vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was his ...

Recess appointments would allow Donald Trump to appoint his nominees while the Senate is not in session, skirting the ...

Trump is challenging congressional Republicans to defy him as he says he will nominate controversial figures to his Cabinet.

Utah Sens. Mike Lee, Mitt Romney and Sen.-elect John Curtis comment on approving Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks.

Sen. John Thune was privately backed by President-elect Donald Trump, Steve Daines told his colleagues, despite Trump's ...

Analysis: Eric Garcia details how Trump has previously hinted at using a never-used constitutional power. Would it be enough to get Matt Gaetz or Pete Hegseth through?

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr to serve as secretary of the ...

New Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who played a key role in negotiations of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, noted at the time the "fierce support in both chambers" for tax-exempt private activity bonds ...

Senate Republicans met behind closed doors Wednesday to vote by secret ballot, and have elected South Dakota Senator John ...

Donald Trump's history with attorneys general helps explain his slapdash decision to put Rep. Matt Gaetz on the job.