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

The incoming Senate majority leader is going to have at least three fights on his hands to confirm Donald Trump’s latest ...

Taking to social media to speak out about recess appointments, Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D) suggested that this could ...

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

Governor Kristi Noem’s appointment as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security is raising questions for some, but ...

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

So far, it seems like the Senate’s leader-in-waiting and other Republicans are giving the president-elect wide latitude on ...

John Thune of South Dakota, who Senate Republicans elected as ... Thune also has said that he is open to enabling Trump to make appointments using recess appointment authority. Under the authority, a ...

Multiple Senate Republicans have voiced concerns about some of the president-elect's Cabinet picks, saying they plan to vet the nominations accordingly.

President-elect Donald Trump tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the US Health and Human Services Department. Vaccine stocks ...

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said she doesn't support pushing through any of President-elect Donald Trump's appointees without having full congressional hearings and background checks. Trump has made it ...

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