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Is he offering up shaky candidates to make his other picks appear better? Or is he actually taking aim at the Department of ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Nominees can face a lengthy Senate vetting process before taking office, though Trump may try to upend that exercise in some ...