President-elect Donald Trump’s intent to nominate loyalists to fill key Cabinet posts has set up a possible confrontation ...

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 ...

Ultimately, the Senate must take action to agree with Trump’s picks, one way or another. There is no way around it, all ...

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

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

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

Donald Trump could appoint ‘temporary’ leaders for major agencies without Senate approval - but one GOP senator has urged ...

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With some of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet and other presumptive nominees facing an uncertain path to confirmation, some Republicans have considered embracing recess appointments to allow Tru ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma senators James Lankford and Markwayne Mullin are signaling their hesitancy over the use of recess ...