Because the Founders had to travel to and from the national capital by horse, they also granted the President the power “to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate.” ...

President-elect Trump has urged the next leader of Senate Republicans to support him in making recess appointments as three prominent GOP members are battling it out to succeed their leader ...

Recess appointments are when the president appoints a federal official while the U.S. Senate is in recess. Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY elections team. Various presidential ...

President-elect Donald Trump placed the process of recess appointments squarely in the news last weekend when he demanded the next Senate majority leader allow him to fast-track his nominees for ...

With some of his selections sparking controversy, Trump has also been coming in hot on his desire to use "recess appointments" to bypass Senate approval and quickly put his choices in place.

When President Dwight Eisenhower appointed William Brennan to the Supreme Court in 1956, the Senate was in recess. Eisenhower made the appointment unilaterally, in accordance with the Constitution ...

If the Senate is in recess, the president can make temporary appointments. Here’s what it says in the Constitution: He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As President-elect Donald Trump moves to set up a more forceful presidency than in his first term, he is choosing loyalists for his Cabinet and considering a tool known as ...

Trump over the weekend demanded that Republican leaders in the Senate, who will hold a majority in the chamber next year, agree to allow recess appointments. It would be a significant shift in ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s call for so-called “recess appointments” of Cabinet members and other officials is the first loyalty test that Senate Republicans are facing as they prepare to ...

As President-elect Donald Trump moves to set up a more forceful presidency than in his first term, he is choosing loyalists for his Cabinet and considering a tool known as recess appointments to ...