WASHINGTON -- For all the drama generated every four years by Cabinet appointments, defeat of a nominee by a vote in the Senate is extremely rare. The only time a nominee by a new president was ...

Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune said "all the options" are on the table to get President-elect Trump’s Cabinet picks through the confirmation process amid concern some appointees won’t ...

GOP Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina says he won't support the confirmation of any Fed nominee until the Justice Dept.'s investigation into chairman Jerome Powell is resolved.

President-elect Donald Trump’s demand that the Senate go into recess to allow his top appointees to take office without a confirmation vote would be a complete abdication of the chamber’s ...

RaShall Brackney faced questions from every ward before winning confirmation as Jackson’s next police chief in a closely ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s demand that the Senate go into recess to allow his top appointees to take office without a confirmation vote would be a complete abdication of the chamber’s ...