President-elect Donald Trump has declared a strong intention to use recess appointments in his next term. What are recess ...

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

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

There is no need for hearings on the nominations of Tulsi Gabbard and Matt Gaetz. Republican senators should immediately make both nominations irrelevant.

A man disrupted an already tense Michigan Senate committee hearing Thursday on whether guns should be permanently banned in ...

Texas, says he's open to subpoenaing the House Ethics Committee for information on Trump's pick. Others say the confirmation process will bring things to light.

Five of the bills — which pertain to charter schools publicly posting information about salaries and displaying the names of their authorizers and management companies — already passed in the House.

Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz’s nomination to be President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general has created a remarkable ...

As attorney general, Gaetz will be fully empowered to carry out Trump’s—and his own—incindiary mandate, litigating culture ...

Bolton said Trump’s appointment of Gabbard as the Director of National Intelligence shows that “we have lost our mind when it comes to collecting intelligence.” ...

Republican senators signaled Thursday that they plan to closely scrutinize allegations of wrongdoing dogging Trump’s pick to ...