The U.S. Senate began its month‑long recess Saturday night amid negotiations to advance the nomination of dozens of President ...

More than 150 of President Donald Trump's nominees for positions throughout the federal government await Senate confirmation ...

A stalemate over the pace of confirmations has delayed the Senate’s yearly August recess for now as President Donald Trump ...

The Senate on Friday broke a multiday impasse by passing the first three fiscal 2026 spending bills, the first time the upper ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says putting the Senate into an extended recess to allow President Trump to make ...

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

The Senate cleared a handful of nominees Saturday before leaving town for the August recess without a deal to confirm many ...

The Senate left Washington for its monthlong August recess without a deal to advance dozens of Trump nominees.

The Senate on Friday passed its first tranche of government funding bills for fiscal year 2026 ahead of its upcoming August ...

The Senate Republican leader says he will find a new way forward to speed up the confirmation process for nominees.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Friday afternoon that the chamber will be moving forward to pass its first tranche of government funding bills ...