There’s a plan in case Senate Republicans aren’t as pliant as Trump wants
Senate won’t confirm, say, Matt Gaetz as attorney general? Just wait until they leave — maybe even if they don’t want to.
Republicans win control of House and Senate in Congress sweep | The Excerpt
Plus, Sen. John Thune will be the next Senate majority leader, while President-elect Donald Trump continues to build his next ...
Senate Republicans to choose between the McConnell way and a MAGA upstart
On the heels of the general election last week, there’s another important vote on tap this Wednesday in Washington that will ...
Senate Republicans elect John Thune to lead after 17-year McConnell run
Sen. John Thune​ of South Dakota won on the second round of voting against Sen. John Cornyn​ of Texas in the race for Senate ...
House elections produced a stalemate. Can Republicans figure out how to work with a thin majority?
After one of the most chaotic and least productive U.S. House sessions in modern history, voters made a surprising choice in ...
Senate Republicans to vote on new majority leader
Following the election, Republicans will control the Senate with a 53 to 47 majority, but one question remains -- who will ...
Senate Republicans elect John Thune as their new leader, replacing Mitch McConnell
Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace ...
Senate Republicans settle on a new party leader after seizing the majority on Election Day
In the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades, three senators are vying to replace ...
Trump demands Senate Republicans allow recess appointments as they elect new leader
As Senate Republicans prepare to vote Wednesday on a new majority leader, Trump is already weighing in with demands for ...
Two Republicans who lost Senate races refuse to concede
Eric Hovde in Wisconsin has questioned how the election was conducted, while Kari Lake in Arizona has stopped short of ...