Trump’s intent to nominate loyalists to fill key Cabinet posts has set up a possible confrontation with the Senate.

President-elect Donald Trump has said he may use temporary recess appointments to bypass the Senate confirmation process for ...

As Congress enters recess, the president's ability to appoint ambassadors and other positions in the government has a long ...

As the Trump-Vance administration shapes up and selects its Cabinet and advisers, the looming Senate confirmation process, ...

Trump's use of recess appointments would bypass the Senate confirmation process for some of the most powerful positions in ...

President-elect Trump is calling on Senate Republicans to support his agenda or get out of the way, going so far as to call ...

The Trump transition team's plan to install controversial nominees in Cabinet jobs may be blocked by the conservative Supreme ...

Recess appointments do not require confirmation hearings, at which senators sometimes ask probing (and embarrassing) ...

Justice Antonin Scalia, a conservative giant, said attempts to circumvent the Senate’s responsibility to vet nominees were ...

Trump and his Republican allies are talking about going around the Senate and using temporary recess appointments, which last no more than two years. Invoking that authority could result in a fight ...

The Trump transition team is proposing that the president-elect forgo the regular advice-and-consent process and use his ...

The recess appointment power, seldom at the forefront of national discussion, resurfaced recently as a headline topic when ...