The U.S. Senate on Dec. 18 approved Braden Boucek as the new U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, based in ...

Russ Ferguson was sworn in as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina in an otherwise closed courthouse ...

The president got a decent number of his nominees confirmed to lifetime federal judgeships. But some sitting judges seem ...

Senate Republicans confirmed 97 of President Donald Trump’s nominees by a 53-43 vote, raising their total to 417 ...

Jared Isaacman, the billionaire nominated twice to lead the agency, may draw some lessons from the tenure of another NASA leader in the 1990s.

The Senate confirmed Mike Selig as CFTC chair and Travis Hill as FDIC chair, elevating two Trump nominees expected to play key roles in shaping U.S. crypto oversight and regulation.

Senate Republicans inched closer to history Wednesday after blowing past yet another procedural obstacle on their way to confirming nearly 100 of President Donald Trump’s nominees. As part of their ...

The Senate confirmed former Rep. Anthony D’Esposito to serve as inspector general for the Department of Labor late Thursday -- as Democrats quietly speculate he might have his eye on a return to ...

Trump's year included six confirmations to circuit courts and 20 to district courts, according to analysts' tallies.

President Donald Trump ends his first year back in the White House with more appointments overall to the federal bench but fewer appeals court confirmations compared to the same point in 2017.

Senate Republicans confirmed nearly 100 of President Donald Trump's nominees, leapfrogging previous administrations and his own first term in the process in their sprint to finish off the year. The ...