Just hours after Republican Sen. John Thune was elected as the incoming Senate majority leader, President-elect Donald Trump ...

The president-elect is looking to bypass federal institutions to install nominees to major federal posts and shrink the ...

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It’s been a whirlwind two days, but John Thune is out of Washington, D.C. and back home “Always good to be in South Dakota, ...

Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth, who was nominated by Donald Trump to be the next secretary of defense, was previously ...

WASHINGTON – Republicans have taken control of the U.S. Senate, leaving Colorado’s two Democratic senators in the minority.

To allow Trump to make the appointments, Republican senators would have to pass a motion of adjournment with a simple ...

Several Republican senators have said they are not inclined to abdicate their "advice and consent" role in presidential ...

"There’s a belief that if McConnell opposes [Tulsi] Gabbard’s nomination, it could provide cover to other Senate Republicans who align with his foreign policy views." ...

Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump ...

Jimmy Kimmel reacted to Donald Trump nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a prominent vaccine skeptic — as secretary of health ...

Secretary of Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem has a long, complicated history with tribes in South Dakota.