President-elect Donald Trump wants the Senate to bypass approval for his Cabinet choices. How is that possible? We'll explain ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says putting the Senate into an extended recess to allow President Trump to make recess appointments to clear the backlog of his pending nominees is an ...

Trump has garnered quite a bit of attention with Cabinet picks for his coming administration. Supporters and critics alike have clung to the edge of their seats as Trump tapped the ...

Republican senators, frustrated by what they see as Democratic delays, are exploring aggressive options to accelerate the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominees, including potential rule ...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) tore into President Trump on Wednesday after the commander-in-chief called on Grassley to scrap a tradition that Democrats have been ...

EFCC under pressure as CSO demands report on missing $4bn refinery funds Concerns have also been raised over allegations that $1 billion of the funds was diverted to finance the All Progressives ...

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee's reappointment of Stefan Pryor as acting commerce secretary is being challenged by the state Senate. The Senate argues that the governor lacks the authority to appoint an ...