In an exclusive interview with The Post Wednesday, Thune said “at some point” the Senate will have to change the nominations ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) faces a difficult test in rallying GOP colleagues to change the Senate’s rules to speed up the confirmation of approximately 140 Trump nominees. Changing ...

Senate Republicans and conservative activists are divided over whether GOP leadership is doing enough to fully utilize all ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, facing a backlog of unconfirmed nominees, is asking Democrats to quit stalling and confirm ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says putting the Senate into an extended recess to allow President Trump to make ...

At least 150 nominees still need to be confirmed, including many judicial nominees, such as acting United States Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba.

A stalemate over the pace of confirmations has delayed the Senate’s yearly August recess for now as President Donald Trump ...

McLaughlin, however, took issue with Lee’s pushing for recess appointments. “At that point, the Senate may as well disband.” ...

Hours after President Donald Trump told Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer to “go to hell” in a Saturday post on social ...

President Trump called Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democrats "crazed lunatics" after accusing the chamber of ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently found himself roughly 4,500 miles from home as he sought one thing that could give ...

Hours of tense negotiations to strike a deal on President Donald Trump’s nominees blew up Saturday night, and now lawmakers ...