Senate Republicans have altered chamber rules with a simple majority vote to expedite the confirmation process for President ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans took the first steps to change the chamber’s rules on Thursday, moving to make it easier to confirm groups of President Donald Trump’s nominees after last-minute ...

The Senate has confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees. Republicans acted for the first time under new rules to ...

The new rule, established by the GOP on party lines, will enable it to confirm Trump nominees in groups, rather than ...

In a social media post, the far-right Georgia congresswoman called on Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster, ...

Republicans say the arduous confirmation process of Trump's nominees requires an overhaul due to “unprecedented” roadblocks from Democrats.

Senate Republicans took a final procedural step Wednesday to speed up consideration of President Donald Trump’s lower-level ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Republicans are ready to change the chamber’s rules to allow quick confirmations of dozens of President Donald Trump’s executive branch nominees and ...

Hopes for a quick end to the government shutdown were fading Friday as Republicans and Democrats dug in for a prolonged fight ...

A group of Democratic senators is asking the Justice Department to help prevent convicted U.S. Capitol rioters from being ...

On Monday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune took the first step in the process to change the Senate's rules, which would ...