President-elect Trump took a victory lap in the nation’s capital, bouncing from meetings with House Republicans to President ...

John Thune, 63, defeated Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott in the secret-ballot vote to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate ...

The future of Donald Trump’s second term in office will be shaped inside a closed room in the United States Senate on ...

Senate Republicans are poised to make a historic decision on Wednesday when they'll gather behind closed doors to select ...

President-elect Donald Trump is calling on Republicans in the running for Senate majority leadership to allow him to make ...

Trump suggested on Sunday bypassing Senate confirmation of his political appointments through the use of recess appointments.

John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who are all running to become the next Senate GOP leader, say they will do ...

Donald Trump wants his incoming party leadership to agree to recess appointments even though Republicans control the Senate.

“Republican control of the Senate thus gives Trump the chance to use recess appointments in radically new way — basically, ...

John Thune of South Dakota, John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida are running in a secret ballot election Wednesday ...

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is making waves in his push to become Senate Majority Leader, even though his opponents might have ...