The Senate’s advise-and-consent process rests almost entirely with the majority, with any setbacks the incoming ...

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

The Hague Invasion Act” authorizes the military to forcibly extract US and allied nationals if arrested for war crimes.

Trump’s nominees deserve timely consideration in the Senate, and incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune should do ...

Mitch McConnell's successor suggested he might need to “put the brakes” on the incoming president. But how much of a check ...

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the underfunded regulator overshadowed by the SEC, has a path to prominence if ...

Despite the facile comments that the president is “entitled” to have the Cabinet secretaries and of his own choosing, the ...

Republican House Reps. Barry Moore, Mike Rogers, Robert Aderholt, Dale Strong and Gary Palmer all openly supported Trump's ...

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

Matt Gaetz, the former Florida congressman, had just a day earlier withdrawn his nomination as attorney general. Bannon ...