As President-elect Donald Trump moves to set up a more forceful presidency than in his first term, he is choosing loyalists for his cabinet and considering a tool known as recess appointments to skip ...

It’s been a whirlwind two days, but John Thune is out of Washington, D.C. and back home “Always good to be in South Dakota, ...

Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth, who was nominated by Donald Trump to be the next secretary of defense, was previously ...

WASHINGTON – Republicans have taken control of the U.S. Senate, leaving Colorado’s two Democratic senators in the minority.

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...