The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe to lead the Central Intelligence Agency in overwhelming bipartisan fashion, making him the second member of President Trump’s national security team ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune had called out Democratic Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy for delaying the vote on a “key national security position.” ...

N.Y., said he supports Democrat efforts to slow down the confirmation of President Trump's Cabinet, including for key national security roles.

The tactics are reminiscent of the ones taken the first time Trump entered the White House. At the time, Democrats homed in ...

Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate, but Thune has complained that Democrats are using procedural maneuvers to ...

We're approaching the first weekend of President Donald Trump's second term – and the Senate is already running behind in ...

Trump’s pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency is John Ratcliffe, who formerly served as Director of National ...

The final vote to ratify Ratcliffe as new CIA Director was 74-25; 21 Democrats voted along with every present Republican ...

President Donald Trump has reportedly threatened to adjourn Congress so that he may make recess appointments. “Trump most recently raised the prospect of … [adjourning Congress] during […] ...

The House has passed a bill to require the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The Laken ...

WASHINGTON — Former Long Island congressman Lee Zeldin moved a step closer to confirmation as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency after a Senate committee voted Thursday to ...

Majority Leader John Thune appears to be making good on his threat to keep senators in town to confirm a trio of President Donald Trump’s nominees.