With President-elect Trump building his Cabinet, the idea of recess appointments has been floated, but what are they and how ...

Some members of the Cabinet, like vice president and White House chief of staff, do not need Senate approval. But most of ...

Donald Trump's extreme administration picks may face an uphill Senate confirmation battle, but they could be forced in through recess appointments.

Several Republican senators have said they are not inclined to abdicate their "advice and consent" role in presidential ...

Even though President-elect Donald Trump won’t be sworn into office for a couple of more months, he's already moving full ...

Trump’s eyebrow-raising Cabinet nominees and the threat of recess appointments are putting the incoming Senate leader between ...

The long-term consequences of the highest inflation in four decades are still dragging down consumer sentiment, and Trump fueled that pessimism on the campaign trail by relentlessly arguing that the ...

Senators are continuing to debate whether to grant President-elect Donald Trump the ability to bypass the chamber's approval for his nominees.

Historically, presidential Cabinet picks are background-checked by the FBI—but Donald Trump’s administration has instead ...

Experts say the president-elect, in pushing for recess appointments, is asking the Senate to abdicate its constitutional duty ...

President-elect Trump has demanded on X that Senate Republican leadership "must agree to Recess Appointments (in the Senate!), without which we will not ...

In a system as vast as the U.S. government, cabinet members play a crucial role in guiding policies that impact every ...