The US Senate on Thursday night confirmed Michael Selig as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Travis Hill as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., installing permanent chiefs of two agencies that play critical roles overseeing financial markets and banks.

Senate Republicans confirmed 417 of President Donald Trump's nominees this year after changing Senate rules in a bid to blast through Senate Democrats' obstruction of the process.

The United States’ largest public utility can act on its policies for the first time in months after the Senate confirmed the TVA nominees.

The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed President Donald Trump's nominees to fill vacancies on the agency that enforces federal labor law, restoring its ability to decide cases after months of inactivity in the wake of his unprecedented firing of a sitting member of the National Labor Relations Board.

The almost 3,100-page bill calls for spending $8 billion more than the $892.6 billion that President Donald Trump requested.

Jared Isaacman was confirmed as NASA administrator after a 67-30 Senate vote, becoming the agency's 15th leader after political drama between Trump and Musk.

Rep. Andy Barr, who announced support from more than 100 members of Congress, is aiming to project strength in a rancorous GOP race to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell.