We’re in the personnel business,” Sen. Mitch McConnell has said ever since he concluded the biggest piece of business in ...

Incoming U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, signaled Tuesday he’s willing to push back against potential ...

Trump’s nominees will now need to be confirmed by the Senate, which Republicans control with a 53-seat majority ...

Beck, a newcomer to the Senate, won out over the GOP’s current leader in the chamber, Randy Brock of Franklin County.

WASHINGTON — Texas will get four new members of the U.S. House in January after this year’s election including one member who ...

Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released, the White House said Wednesday. The three are Mark ...

Voters in Montana, West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania voted for Republicans to take over seats held by Democrats, giving ...

The recess appointment route does exist. But it’s not clear how big an advantage it would give the incoming president.

Fifty senators are needed to confirm President-elect Donald Trump's picks for top administration jobs. Here's who could ...

Republican lawmakers are demanding the Illinois Department of Corrections act quickly to stop drugs from getting inside ...

Donald Trump’s transition team is quietly strategizing how to assuage the anti-abortion wing of the Republican Party amid ...

Personnel is policy. But from his Cabinet picks to his tariff proposals, Senate Republicans aren't yet in lockstep with the president-elect.