The Trump team is reportedly exploring a never-used clause in the Constitution that might allow a president to adjourn ...

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

Trump wants to use a constitutional clause to appoint Cabinet members without Senate confirmation, which could let him push ...

Congressional Republicans are preparing to carry out President-elect Donald Trump's agenda. This weekend, he took to social ...

With President-elect Trump building his Cabinet, the idea of recess appointments has been floated, but what are they and how ...

President-elect Donald Trump wants the Senate to bypass approval for his Cabinet choices. How is that possible? We'll explain ...

Some members of the Cabinet, like vice president and White House chief of staff, do not need Senate approval. But most of ...

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

GOP lawmakers should just give Trump his recess appointments. Don't bother the poor man with things he hates, like 'norms' ...

“Republican control of the Senate thus gives Trump the chance to use recess appointments in radically new way — basically, ...

A recess appointment would allow Trump to install some officials and sidestep lengthy hearings and a floor vote.