Republicans will have almost the same razor-thin majority in the House when the new Congress is sworn in on Jan. 3, but the ...

Several Republican senators have said they are not inclined to abdicate their "advice and consent" role in presidential ...

These are the president's top advisers and the highest-ranked U.S. officials. Here's what Cabinet members do — and some issues they're likely to face if confirmed by the Senate.

Otherwise, the Constitution provides that, “The president can nominate and appoint ambassadors, judges and other officers of ...

President-elect Trump has picked Brendan Carr, who serves as the senior Republican on the FCC, to become the commission's ...

President-elect Donald J. Trump is seeking to circumvent the long and drawn-out process of having to submit nominations to ...

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The Biden administration’s request for nearly $100 billion in natural disaster funding is on track to sail through the U.S.

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

Mr Thune, 63, arrived on Capitol Hill in 1997 to serve as South Dakota’s only House member. He came to prominence in 2004 by narrowly defeating Tom Daschle, then-leader of the Senate Democrats.

Cornyn, 72 and a member of the Senate since 2003 ... "It's a new day in the United States Senate, and it's a new day in America," Thune, who has served in the Senate since 2005, told reporters ...

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen has introduced legislation seeking to halt American weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates ...