The Senate left Washington for the August recess having failed to act on more than 150 presidential nominees that are waiting to be confirmed for senior government positions, many of which are ...

Senate Republicans on Thursday triggered the so-called “nuclear option” and changed the rules of the upper chamber to speed up the confirmation of President Trump’s nominees. The proposed rule change, ...

Senate Republicans are mulling whether to go nuclear after negotiations with Senate Democrats to ram through President Donald Trump’s nominees fell apart over the weekend. The path to confirming ...

The campaign to expedite the confirmation process for President Donald Trump’s nominees by changing Senate rules gained momentum Tuesday after Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso endorsed the move.

Last-minute closed-door talks between Senate Republicans and Democrats failed to prevent a "nuclear option" in the upper chamber after frustrations on both sides killed a deal to move ahead with ...

With Senate Democrats holding up Donald Trump’s picks even for relatively minor jobs, Majority Leader John Thune proposes to speed confirmation by changing the chamber's rules to allow approval of ...

A provision in the 2026 annual intelligence community bill would lift Senate confirmation rules for the chief counsels of the CIA and ODNI. Advocates warn the change would weaken transparency and ...

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The Senate and the American people deserve answers as to whether the man directing ICE’s detention expansion has a financial ...

Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images Senate Republicans have voted to change the rules to make it easier to confirm President Trump’s nominees, allowing the chamber to confirm certain nominees in groups ...