President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to shake up how the Senate confirms his Cabinet and other appointments has more potential ...

The Senate has become too slow to confirm officials. It can help things along by adjourning.

As Senate Republicans prepare to vote Wednesday on a new majority leader, Trump is already weighing in with demands for ...

President-elect Donald Trump named Rep. Elise Stefanik as his U.N. ambassador, Tom Homan as border czar and former Rep. Lee Zeldin as his choice for EPA administrator. Stephen Miller was expected to ...

Trump urged Senate Republican leadership candidates to allow appointees to be chosen while Congress is out of session and ...

The framers of the Constitution may have included the clause to allow the government to continue functioning when the Senate was in recess — which, during the early years of the ...

US President-elect Donald Trump has moved quickly to staff up his incoming administration, naming loyalists to several key ...

President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday demanded that the next Republican leader of the Senate support recess appointments, ...

Donald Trump wants his incoming party leadership to agree to recess appointments even though Republicans control the Senate.

Bolton, Trump's former national security adviser, has been highly critical of the president-elect since leaving his position ...

Donald Trump called on Republican Senators vying for the majority leader position to permit him to appoint temporary cabinet ...

Lasisi Olagunju, an esteemed columnist renowned for his incisive and thought-provoking writing, has long captivated readers ...