Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says putting the Senate into an extended recess to allow President Trump to make ...

Senate Republicans are weighing rule changes and recess appointments to overcome a growing backlog of President Trump’s ...

In an exclusive interview with The Post Wednesday, Thune said “at some point” the Senate will have to change the nominations ...

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

Trump had floated recess appointments at the start of his term as a way to push through some of his more controversial ...

Congress isn't likely to change course, as was made clear after Trump’s election victory during an intraparty rift over ...

Trump shared on Truth Social Saturday the accusations directed to GOP leaders of an effort to thwart his ability to make ...

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

The massive backlog of nominees comes just ahead of the Senate's summer recess, which lasts from Aug. 4 to Sept. 1.

The Senate confirmed some nominees Saturday, but left many others hanging before starting their August recess.

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

Senators hoping for an August respite after several weeks of late-night votes may not be in luck, with President Trump asking Majority Leader Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) Saturday to cancel the chamber’s ...