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 ...

A decision by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to schedule pro forma sessions throughout the August recess which will ...

Trump shared on Truth Social Saturday the accusations directed to GOP leaders of an effort to thwart his ability to make ...

Congress isn't likely to change course, as was made clear after Trump’s election victory during an intraparty rift over ...

Trump had floated recess appointments at the start of his term as a way to push through some of his more controversial ...

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

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

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

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

Rep. Thomas Massie claimed that Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are conspiring ...