As President-elect Donald Trump moves to set up a more forceful presidency than in his first term, he is choosing loyalists for his cabinet and considering a tool known as recess appointments to skip ...

Newly-elected U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, has a decision to make. Will he be a leader or a lackey?

Senator Susan Collins says she does not believe the Senate will go on recess while President-Elect Donald Trump’s cabinet ...

A woman told the House Ethics Committee that she saw Matt Gaetz, who is President-elect Donald Trump ’s pick for the U.S. attorney general, have sex with a minor, her lawyer said Friday. “My client ...

Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth, who was nominated by Donald Trump to be the next secretary of defense, was previously ...

Senator Susan Collins today expressed both hesitation and optimism about some of President-elect Donald Trump's announcements ...

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 ...

A “close friend” of Trump’s pick for attorney general wants a federal court to destroy witness statements about a 2017 sex ...

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

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

Sons Ewan, 7, and Vivek, 4, and daughter Mirabel, 2, joined their father — with the children spotted each trying their own ...