For all the drama generated every four years by Cabinet appointments, defeat of a nominee by a vote in the Senate is ...

If Trump nominates a candidate who Democrats uniformly oppose, he will only be able to lose four votes from his own party.

The PRESS Act, which would protect journalists from government spying, enjoys broad bipartisan support and has passed the ...

Plus, Sen. John Thune will be the next Senate majority leader, while President-elect Donald Trump continues to build his next ...

Texas House Republican Brian Harrison said the proposal would "ensure our U.S. Senators serve the best interest of the State ...

I suggest you move to China immediately and see how that works out for you,” the Robeson County senator is said to have ...

President-elect Donald Trump claims he can unilaterally impose sweeping tariffs on U.S. imports. The reality is more ...

Pennsylvania Democrats want to count undated and improperly dated mail-in ballots as part of the McCormick-Casey recount.

A look at the three candidates: Thune, 63, defeated then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in 2004 after arguing during the campaign that Daschle had lost his South Dakota roots during his years in ...

Pennsylvania's nationally-watched U.S. Senate contest between GOP businessman Dave McCormick and three-term incumbent Sen. Bob Casey will head to a statewide recount, state elections officials ...

Among the risks, say current and former intelligence officials and independent experts, are that top advisers could feed the ...

Senator Brent Taylor is once again calling out Judge Bill Anderson after an 18-year-old charged with attempted second-degree ...