GOP goes nuclear in Senate, changing rules to speed confirmation of Trump nominees after negotiations with Democrats collapse

Republicans jammed through a change to Senate rules on Thursday that will allow them to more quickly confirm many of President Donald Trump’s nominees. Read More

Senate Republicans turn to 'nuclear option' to speed confirmation of Trump nominees

The change will allow certain nominees to be confirmed in groups rather than by individual vote. It follows months of GOP complaints that Democrats were dragging out the confirmation process. Read More

Senate will change rules to push Trump’s nominees past Democratic delays, Thune says

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 will move to ... Read More

Trump's tough week in the courts: From the Politics Desk

It amounted to the worst week in the courts in months for Trump — and came after another major loss last week, when an appeals court struck down some of his tariffs. Trump is already appealing that ... Read More

GOP to go ‘nuclear’ to push through backlog of Trump’s nominees

Frustrated Republicans are expected to begin as early as Monday the process to change Senate rules to allow them to quickly confirm a backlog of President Donald Trump’s nominees, according to a ... Read More