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

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

A recess, for the Senate, means giving up power to the president — especially the power they share under the Constitution to ...

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 ...

Experts say the president-elect, in pushing for recess appointments, is asking the Senate to abdicate its constitutional duty ...

The president-elect is contemplating taking up never-before-used presidential powers to create a separation of powers crisis ...

President-elect Trump has demanded on X that Senate Republican leadership "must agree to Recess Appointments (in the Senate!), without which we will not ...

He is reportedly considering triggering an obscure constitutional provision that would allow him to force a recess over the ...

Analysis: Eric Garcia details how Trump has previously hinted at using a never-used constitutional power. Would it be enough to get Matt Gaetz or Pete Hegseth through?

To install AG Matt Gaetz this way would be anti-constitutional.