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 ...

Senators are racing the clock to make a dent in both the government funding process and President Donald Trump’s backlog of ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) blasted the trade deal negotiated between the United States and the European ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has a decision to make. He can allow the Senate to pack up and leave town for the traditional August recess while the business of government grinds to a halt. Or he ...