John Thune, 63, defeated Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott in the secret-ballot vote to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate ...

President-elect Trump took a victory lap in the nation’s capital, bouncing from meetings with House Republicans to President ...

Trump suggested on Sunday bypassing Senate confirmation of his political appointments through the use of recess appointments.

Senate Republicans are poised to make a historic decision on Wednesday when they'll gather behind closed doors to select ...

President-elect Donald Trump is calling on Republicans in the running for Senate majority leadership to allow him to make ...

Donald Trump wants his incoming party leadership to agree to recess appointments even though Republicans control the Senate.

Days before Senate Republicans pick their new leader, President-elect Donald Trump is pressuring the candidates to change ...

“Republican control of the Senate thus gives Trump the chance to use recess appointments in radically new way — basically, ...

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is making waves in his push to become Senate Majority Leader, even though his opponents might have ...

The president-elect said the next Senate majority leader should be open to bypassing Senate confirmation for administration ...

What will the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority, which Trump helped to build, have to say about Trump’s view that ...