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

Senate Republicans mull shortening debate time or packaging together nominees to speed up the confirmation process, but ...

Republicans are considering the changes in the face of chronic gridlock, with Democrats refusing to grant unanimous consent or voice votes for any of Trump’s second-term nominees. Ordinarily, ...

Senate Majority Leader Thune expresses frustration over Democrats stalling Trump's civilian nominees, calling the obstruction ...

Congress got off to a late start on the funding process. Republicans prioritized Trump's tax and spending cut bill. Most ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump’s call to disregard a Senate tradition to ...

They are facing key decisions this week over how readily they should cooperate with Republicans — and an even bigger test ...

Trump urged Grassley to have the “courage” to break the practice of “blue slips,” which gives home-state senators veto power over nominees for lower-level judgeships and U.S. attorneys.

Nearly four months after committee approval, U.S. Senate confirmation is imminent for Wyoming’s Brian Nesvik as head of the U.S. Fish and ...

Senate Democrats are defending their unprecedented slow-walking of President Donald Trump’s nominees, arguing no obstruction ...

He’s somebody who is animated largely by trying to get to a peaceful solution,” the Republican leader said of Trump. “We want ...