President-elect Donald Trump's picks for his Cabinet and other high-profile posts will be a test for the new Senate. Will it ...

US President-elect Donald Trump has been rolling out his picks for key positions in his administration, many of which will ...

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

But even by his standards, nominating now-former congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) for attorney general, former Democratic ...

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell announced he would step down from his leadership post earlier this year, ending his historic ...

The outcome of the secret leadership ballot, expected after the November election, is deeply uncertain. It’s a weighty choice ...

The President-elect has wasted no time in building his top team including Tom Homan and Mike Waltz - with more announcements ...

John Thune, R-South Dakota,. arrives for the Senate Republican leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol ... which ensures ...

The president-elect isn’t worried about Senate Republicans growing a backbone. They're unlikely to prove him wrong.

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s plan to nominate loyalists for critical roles, including Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth, has ...

Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace Mitch McConnell.

A look at the three candidates: Thune, 63, defeated then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in 2004 after arguing during the campaign that Daschle had lost his South Dakota roots during his years in ...