WASHINGTON -- For all the drama generated every four years by Cabinet appointments, defeat of a nominee by a vote in the Senate is extremely rare. The only time a nominee by a new president was ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s demand that the Senate go into recess to allow his top appointees to take office without a confirmation vote would be a complete abdication of the chamber’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pete Hegseth’s nomination as secretary of defense has continued to barrel toward confirmation, additional stream of details of his ...

The senate confirmed Madison Troup as speaker of the senate, Shrinidhi Sriram as chief of staff, Sammy Lee as chief ...

DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - During Tuesday’s Walton County commission meeting, the board voted to direct the county attorney to draft a confirmation process for department heads and bring it ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s demand that the Senate go into recess to allow his top appointees to take office without a confirmation vote would be a complete abdication of the chamber’s ...