Historically, presidential Cabinet picks are background-checked by the FBI—but Donald Trump’s administration has instead ...

Gaetz will get a chance to make his case for why he should lead the Justice Department, but Republican senators warn he faces ...

“You can’t just have the same career people who have grown up in a system that has fallen victim to political capture,” he ...

U.S. Senate Republicans did not select Sen. John Cornyn of Texas to be the next majority leader, going instead with Sen. John Thune of South Dakota. Cornyn survived the first ballot in Wednesday’s ...

Senate Republicans returned to Washington for the first time since they secured the Senate majority to determine who will be the new party leader in the chamber.

John Thune, John Cornyn and Rick Scott are vying to succeed Mitch McConnell as the Republicans leader in the U.S. Senate.

Ahead of the U.S. Senate choosing its new majority leader, several Republican and advocacy groups in Texas issued statements ...

Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota was elected new Senate majority leader, replacing Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky ...