GOP, Trump

Senate GOP motivated to rapidly confirm Trump nominations ahead of party trifecta in Washington
According to Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., "Priority number one for the new Senate GOP majority is to confirm Trump's team as quickly as possible when we take back the gavels in January." Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., reiterated this in his own post to X ...
Sunday shows preview: Trump woos Senate GOP with Cabinet picks; Democrats brace for full minority
President-elect Trump’s Cabinet and senior staff for his upcoming administration are coming into focus as Democrats prepare for a full minority in both chambers of Congress and The White
Senate Dems and GOP strike a deal on judicial appointments for Trump and Biden
The trade-off is that the Senate GOP will allow Dems to confirm 12-14 lower-level district court nominees while Trump will be able to fill 4 higher-level appeals-court judges.
GOP senators warn Trump against aggressive recess appointment move
Republican senators are pouring cold water on the idea that President-elect Trump could force the Senate into an extended recess next year so that he would be able to fill key positions in his Cabinet without going through the Senate confirmation process.
GOP senators called out for missing votes on Biden judicial nominees: We need to give Trump a ‘clear runway’
Tenn., reacts to efforts from Biden and Senate Democrats to push through judicial nominees ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition to the White House.
Trump takes aim at government as public faith in US institutions continues to erode
A new Trump administration readies the dismantling of a government it was elected to manage – the very objective his most ...
Trump's Women Voters Need 'Conversation With Themselves': Ex-GOP Staffer
"That is abhorrent and should be embarrassing," Tara Setmayer said after several of Trump's Cabinet nominees have been ...
Opinion
Commentary: Trump, GOP victories make the case for Puerto Rico statehood
In particular, Trump made significant electoral gains among Puerto Ricans, winning counties that have some of the largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the country. Osceola County, which has a ...
Trump's sway over Republicans stronger than ever, but Sununu says GOP still a 'big-tent party'
Popular Republican Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire, who has long been a vocal Trump critic, says there's still room in the ...
Trump said to plan sack of Smith’s team, fraud investigation
President-elect Donald Trump plans to fire the entire team that worked with special counsel Jack Smith to pursue two federal ...
Trump encounters Senate GOP limits with failed Gaetz AG push
President-elect Trump’s ill-fated nomination of former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to run the Justice Department marked an early ...
'Canary in the coal mine': Dallas mayor explains Trump's 'gift' to GOP after he switched parties
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson discusses why he left the Democratic Party and how the Republican Party can build on its success ...
Botched Gaetz Nomination Shows Limits of Trump’s Hold Over GOP
Republican lawmakers generally agree with the president-elect’s ambition to reshape the federal bureaucracy but sometimes ...