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

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

President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Senate to allow him to use recess appointments to install his picks for high-level ...

To allow Trump to make the appointments, Republican senators would have to pass a motion of adjournment with a simple ...

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

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

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

UCF political science lecturer Dr. John Hanley spoke with FOX 35's Garrett Wymer about the role of the Senate in confirming presidential Cabinet nominees and the likelihood of the recess appointment ...

The House Ethics Committee reportedly canceled its Friday meeting as pressure surges for the committee to release its report ...

One Trump transition team member says he wants to bend Republican senators to his will “until they snap in half.” ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson says releasing the ethics committee report on the Florida lawmaker would set "a terrible precedent".

Sons Ewan, 7, and Vivek, 4, and daughter Mirabel, 2, joined their father — with the children spotted each trying their own ...