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

The change will allow certain nominees to be confirmed in groups rather than by individual vote. It follows months of GOP ...

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

Senate Republicans on Monday formally got the ball rolling on their bid to invoke the so-called nuclear option and change the chamber’s rules in order to expeditiously confirm dozens of President ...

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

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 ...