The Senate must confirm 24 cabinet positions before those individuals can begin their first day in office. Here's a look at ...

Pressure is rising in the US Senate for details on the House’s sexual misconduct probe into Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s ...

For all the drama generated every four years by Cabinet appointments, defeat of a nominee by a vote in the Senate is ...

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

In a remarkable situation, Democrats have harsh words against a union for attacking the Democratic senator in a close race.

President-elect Donald Trump vowed retribution against his political enemies. Now, the bombastic Republican Congressman could ...

President-elect Donald Trump's picks for his Cabinet and other high-profile posts will be a test for the new Senate. Will it ...

Democratic senators are fast-tracking Biden's judicial nominations before President-elect Trump takes office in January and after several of his nominees have come under fire.

A look at the three candidates: Thune, 63, defeated then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in 2004 after arguing during the campaign that Daschle had lost his South Dakota roots during his years in ...

The Senate’s plan to support reduction of premiums for the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.’s indirect contributors will ...

Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace Mitch McConnell.