For all the drama generated every four years by Cabinet appointments, defeat of a nominee by a vote in the Senate is extremely rare. The only time a nominee by a new president was rejected by a Senate ...

As Inauguration Day approaches, President-elect Donald Trump has nominated several high-profile people to his leadership team for his second term in office, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Sen.

Changes to the confirmation process are on the table as frustrations among Senate Republicans continue to fester while Senate Democrats continue their blockade of President Donald Trump’s nominees.