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

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

Several Republican senators have said they are not inclined to abdicate their "advice and consent" role in presidential ...

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

Trump had not nominated anyone for the position of CIA director when the post was made. He nominated John Ratcliffe a day later.