Here’s a look at the Cabinet confirmation process, why it exists, where it’s gone wrong and how Trump wants to find a way around it. Presidents lead the federal government with the help of a ...

Many don’t make it through this process because the administration concludes that the nominee would not win Senate confirmation. Sometimes, it is never even made public that they were under ...

Currently, eight nominees are undergoing the Senate confirmation process. The Court of Appeals ... was shot and killed in April at the Brookland-Catholic University of America Metro stop.

Second, they shoulld institute Senate procedural reforms so that, for example, a single senator cannot singlehandedly stall ...

One of their jobs will be to consider the 1,200 or so presidential nominations - from federal judges to cabinet secretaries - that typically require U.S. Senate confirmation. President-elect ...