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

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

US President-elect Donald Trump has announced several key positions in his new Cabinet. However, some of these appointments, ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 cabinet nominations require Senate confirmation, and despite a GOP majority, he may struggle to get his picks ...

LONDON - President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he has selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental activist who ...

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