Energy committee chairman Sen. Mike Lee postponed Burgum's hearing, saying his paperwork was unnecessarily delayed.

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Bipartisan legislation to more easily deport migrants in the country illegally cleared a second procedural vote Monday ...

Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.) on Monday announced that he will vote for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to become the ...

Senate confirmation hearings scheduled this week for more than a dozen of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s cabinet choices ...

The U.S. Senate energy panel said on Monday the nomination hearing for President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of ...

She met with former Syria President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus seven years ago. He has been accused of atrocities against ...

After the initial crush of personnel announcements for President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, now the ...

Under the bill, called the Laken Riley Act, state attorneys general like Ken Paxton would have the ability to challenge ...

Senator John Tower, a Texas Republican, was the last Cabinet nominee to be voted down by the Senate. Mr. Tower was chosen by ...

I will always be appreciative of America that welcomed me with open arms when I escaped an evil world in Europe. Although the world today is very different from 70 years ago, hatred must ...

For positions such as U.S. attorney, assistant secretary of state or director of the Bureau of Land Management, presidents usually submit nominations to the Senate when the Senate is in session. The ...