An interview with congressional expert Sarah Binder, who explains how Trump really can use recess appointments to jam through ...

Donald Trump has nominated Matt Gaetz as attorney general and Pete Hegseth as defense secretary. Both lack traditional ...

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It's fitting that President-elect Donald Trump attended an Ultimate Fighting Championship event last weekend. For his cabinet so far, he has tapped a pair of nominees ready to mix it up in grudge ...

Republicans complain nominees weren't "properly vetted," but don't get that accusations are a feature, not a bug ...

Matt Gaetz’s nomination for attorney general could be blocked by the Senate due to concerns about his past behavior, and his ...

Donald Trump is personally calling Republican senators to pressure them to confirm Matt Gaetz’s nomination for attorney ...

Matt Gaetz, the House-wrecking Florida congressman, cannot be U.S. attorney general. No way at all. We know that this isn’t a joke because Donald Trump published the proposed nomination on his Truth ...

Lawyer Joel Leppard said his client saw Donald Trump's pick for attorney general with the minor at a party in 2017.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with ranking member of the House intelligence committee Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., about president-elect Donald Trump's national security appointments.

Sen. Kevin Cramer made the remarks during a CNN interview on Monday, a week after Gaetz was nominated by President-elect ...