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

Complicating the matter for senators is the Trump campaign’s decision to not engage, so far, in the traditional transition ...

In part due to economic and border security concerns, Latinos in California appear to have moved toward Donald Trump. But ...

The former vice president opposes Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appointment as HHS secretary due to his past comments on abortion.

Trump's use of recess appointments would bypass the Senate confirmation process for some of the most powerful positions in ...

Among the allies the president-elect has chosen to join his administration are contentious figures, even within the ...

The president-elect is testing the loyalty of Republican in Congress, leaving even his close allies nervous about the ...

Trump announced several controversial cabinet nominees, including Democrat-turned-Republican Tulsi Gabbard for director of ...

The soon-to-be minority party needs to make sure everyone in their caucus is on the same page about how to move forward with ...

U.S. Muslim leaders who supported Republican Donald Trump to protest against the Biden administration's support for Israel's ...

The bombastic X owner, backed by an army of online followers, has emerged as the right-wing tycoon with the president-elect’s ...