Lawmakers would first take a procedural vote that, if approved, would clear the way for Miran's confirmation by the ...

Senate Republicans used what is known as the nuclear option to break a Democratic blockade of President Trump’s nominees, ...

Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Thursday rammed a change in one of the chamber's long-standing rules that will allow faster and easier confirmations of President Donald Trump's executive-branch ...

Republicans triggered the "nuclear option" to change the Senate's rules to speed up confirmation of President Donald Trump's ...

Democrats ultimately pushed for more time to iron things out and secure support as the day stretched on, but Republicans ...

The change will allow certain nominees to be confirmed in groups rather than by individual vote. It follows months of GOP ...

In a close vote, Senate Republicans defeated an effort Wednesday by Democrats to insert language into Congress' annual ...

After months of a Democrat blockade of President Donald Trump’s nominees, Republicans in the Senate have gone "nuclear.” ...

Republicans established a new precedent allowing them to confirm scores of Donald Trump's nominees more quickly. It could ...

The Senate has been gridlocked on the nominees after Democrats used various roadblocks to delay the confirmations earlier this year. Senate Republicans hoped to avoid using the partisan tactic, but ...

Congressional Democrats are demanding healthcare concessions from Republicans to get their support on a spending deal ahead ...

Republicans have been pushing the rules change since early August, when the Senate left for a monthlong recess after a ...