After a resounding election victory, delivering what President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans say is a mandate to govern, ...

President-elect Donald Trump is asking the incoming Senate, which will be controlled by his Republican Party, to temporarily go out of session once he’s inaugurated Jan. 20 so that he can jam through ...

A recess, for the Senate, means giving up power to the president — especially the power they share under the Constitution to make appointments to key executive posts, including the president’s cabinet ...

Gov. Maura Healey says regardless of who heads the Department of Health and Human Services, she is committed to ensuring that ...

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

President-elect Donald Trump is considering recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for some of the most ...

As attorney general, Gaetz will be fully empowered to carry out Trump’s—and his own—incindiary mandate, litigating culture ...

Senate won’t confirm, say, Matt Gaetz as attorney general? Just wait until they leave — maybe even if they don’t want to.

But wait,” you might say, ”Wasn’t Gaetz himself under investigation by the Justice Department at one point, and currently ...

"This is where the members elect who come to town for the first time learn things like setting up a congressional office," said Loren Duggan.

President-Elect Donald Trump has selected Governor Kristi Noem as his Homeland Security Secretary, meaning a change in ...