Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is preparing to lead the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

President-elect Donald Trump is still choosing his nominees for his second term in the White House − and making some surprising picks.

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Is he offering up shaky candidates to make his other picks appear better? Or is he actually taking aim at the Department of ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted what have been lengthy sentences served by six criminal offenders in state ...

The Republican president-elect’s victory and the GOP takeover of the Senate leaves just seven weeks of Democratic control of ...

Trump is known to value telegenic looks in his officials -- he recently commented that his new Homeland Security Secretary ...

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell announced he would step down from his leadership post earlier this year, ending his historic ...

Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz's nomination for attorney general is being met with a variety of reactions from Republicans, ...

Ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz faced rising skepticism on Thursday about his nomination to be President-elect Trump’s attorney general as ...

Lawmakers in the Texas House and Senate filed more than a thousand pieces of legislation Tuesday, offering an early look at ...

Trump is challenging congressional Republicans to defy him as he says he will nominate controversial figures to his Cabinet.