Sen. Ted Cruz's delaying of dozens of Biden appointee confirmations may pay off next month when the Senate votes on whether to impose sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

As of now, only one Biden administration ambassador has been confirmed. And the president has Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to thank for the hold-up. The senator has been singlehandedly slow-walking 59 ...

Senator Ted Cruz's office said he will lift his hold on Joe Biden's state department nominees. Above, Cruz speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill on February 9 in Washington, D.C. Photo ...

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) meanwhile wants a chance to challenge Biden's nominees on their credentials, particularly his controversial Defense Secretary pick retired Gen. Lloyd Austin.

Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz will stop blocking President Joe Biden’s State Department nominees now that the administration is implementing sanctions against a company that built a Russian gas ...

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has single-handedly delayed dozens of key Biden administration nominees, mostly concentrated in the State Department, in retaliation for a Biden decision to drop U.S. opposition ...

More than 50 of Biden's ambassador nominees await Senate confirmation. Cruz—along with Senator Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican—is holding up votes on many of the nominees, even over the ...

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has single-handedly delayed dozens of key Biden administration nominees, mostly concentrated in the State Department, in retaliation for a Biden decision to drop U.S. opposition ...

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is holding up all State Department nominees to pressure the Biden administration over Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is warning that the Senate might not start the confirmation process for any of President-elect Joe Biden’s nominees until all election-related lawsuits are resolved ...