Illinois, said President Donald Trump is "installing MAGA loyalists as interim U.S. attorneys without Senate confirmation," ...

McLaughlin, however, took issue with Lee’s pushing for recess appointments. “At that point, the Senate may as well disband.” ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) faces a difficult test in rallying GOP colleagues to change the Senate’s rules to ...

Congressional Republicans aren’t ready to cede power to President Donald Trump to swiftly install nominees during recesses ...

Now, the two men are headed toward a fall rematch with much higher stakes: whether to keep the federal government open past a Sept. 30 funding deadline. Despite decades of history between them, their ...

The dramatic collapse in talks over the weekend doesn't bode well for the tougher job lawmakers are facing of funding the ...

TRUMP ADMIN DECLASSIFIES THE DURHAM ANNEX… REPORT GOES INTO JAW-DROPPING DETAIL ABOUT HILLARY’S PLAN TO DISTRACT FROM HER ...

According to CSPAN's Craig Caplan, "Senate just agreed by unanimous consent at the request of Majority Leader Thune to hold pro forma sessions every 3 days following today’s session and not return for ...

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More than 150 of President Donald Trump's nominees for positions throughout the federal government await Senate confirmation ...

A decision by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to schedule pro forma sessions throughout the August recess which will ...

Fed-up Senate Republicans are starting to whisper about recess appointments again as Democrats stonewall them on nominees, ...