President-elect Donald Trump named Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida as his nominee for secretary of state on Wednesday, setting up a onetime critic who evolved into one of the president-elect’s fiercest ...

Matt Gaetz as his pick for attorney general, likely setting off a tough confirmation battle even in the Republican-held ...

CNN has reached out to Gaetz about his resignation. House Speaker Mike Johnson announced the resignation Wednesday evening, ...

In exchange, GOP lawmakers would not push for changes that would punish members for voting against rule. If Johnson can ...

Republican strategist Scott Jennings called out panelists who questioned President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to nominate ...

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general. “Few issues in ...

Eric Hovde, the Wisconsin Republican who nearly unseated Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, acknowledged this week that he lost ...

Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for attorney general was not simply a question of selecting a loyalist, said CNN's Kaitlan Collins on ...

Washington insiders are less certain than ever that the second Trump administration will be more professionalized than the first.

“Some of them are designed to shake up Washington,” said Scott Jennings, a Republican and senior CNN political commentator ...

"This is making everyone's head explode right now as we're all watching it unfold in real-time. And I'm sure we'll have a lot more opinions on that” ...

Several senators said they were shocked at the nomination, raising questions about whether they will check Trump.