Trump is challenging congressional Republicans to defy him as he says he will nominate controversial figures to his Cabinet.

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz as the country's top law enforcement officer, ...

Senate Republicans have elected Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., as the new Senate majority leader as longtime top Senate Republican ...

An honorable and serious man of institutionalist instincts, Thune is simply dealing with the political reality of today’s GOP ...

President-elect Donald J. Trump is seeking to circumvent the long and drawn-out process of having to submit nominations to ...

Republicans chose Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso for the No. 2 leadership post in the Senate alongside South Dakota Sen. John ...

Amanda Andrade-Rhoades / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Gaetz’s nomination is widely seen among Trump allies as a test of ...

Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz's nomination for attorney general is being met with a variety of reactions from Republicans, ...

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

Thune did not rule out going into recess so that Trump could appoint cabinet secretaries without Senate confirmation.

The Associated Press projects Republicans will hold an extraordinarily thin majority in the House of Representatives, ...

Because it's a secret vote, we don't know exactly who voted for Thune to be the Senate Majority Leader, but we know a few of ...