William Beach, the former commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics who was nominated by President Donald Trump and led ...

Without a deal in hand, Republicans say they may try to change Senate rules when they return in September to speed up the ...

Majority Leader John Thune locked in the plan shortly after meeting with GOP senators Saturday night. It effectively pulled the plug on the confirmations standoff for now, with lawmakers saying that ...

The U.S. Senate is heading home for the August recess after failing to reach a deal on dozens of U.S. President Donald ...

President Donald Trump’s latest tariff moves drew worries from Wall Street as stocks slumped Friday and Treasury yields fell ...

President Trump blasted Democrats again for delaying the process of getting his nominees confirmed by the upper chamber and praised Senate Republicans for staying in Washington and working on ...

President Trump, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) are making slow progress toward a deal to clear some of the Senate’s backlog of ...