Republicans jammed through a change to Senate rules on Thursday that will allow them to more quickly confirm many of President Donald Trump’s nominees.

Republicans have since deployed the maneuver two other times. In 2017, Senate Republicans eliminated the filibuster for ...

Republicans want to clear a backlog of judicial nominations created by Democrats in protest of President Trump’s policies.

Senate Republicans have now triggered the “nuclear option” three times (and counting) in the last eight years. The consequences are likely to matter.

The new rule, established by the GOP on party lines, will enable it to confirm Trump nominees in groups, rather than ...

In using the nuclear option, John Thune has turned a Senate precedent on its head, defying his reputation as an ...

Sen. Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., during a news conference at the Capitol on Tuesday. (Mariam Zuhaib / AP) WASHINGTON — Republicans triggered the "nuclear option" to change the rules of the ...

(CNN) — Republicans jammed through a change to Senate rules on Thursday that will allow them to more quickly confirm many of President Donald Trump’s nominees. The move came over the objections of ...