Senate Republicans, in a bid to steamroll past the Democrats' blockade of President Donald Trump, changed the rules to make it easier to confirm nominees.

Senate Republicans on Thursday triggered the so-called “nuclear option” and changed the rules of the upper chamber to speed up the confirmation of President Trump’s nominees. The proposed rule change, ...

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer deployed a rarely used parliamentary maneuver Wednesday to try to force Republicans ...

Fed-up Senate Republicans inved the “nuclear option” on Thursday to bypass Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s obstructionism. The invocation will allow them to quickly confirm President Donald […] ...

Republicans changed Senate rules to allow President Donald Trump's nominees to be voted on in batches after months of ...

Senate Republicans took the first steps to change the chamber’s rules on Thursday, moving to make it easier to confirm groups ...

Senate Republicans on Wednesday narrowly voted to table an amendment directing the Department of Justice to release all the ...

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 ...

Republican senators face pressure to use rule changes for faster nominee confirmations while preparing for an anticipated ...

With fundamental issues of public health, safe food and clean water on the line, Schumer and Senate Democrats must stand firm ...

John F. Kennedy’s only grandson is taking on a new role in his battle against the Trump administration. Jack Schlossberg, grandson of the murdered president via his daughter Caroline, has been ...