"The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session." – Article II, ...

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for his next attorney general is evoking mixed emotions from Republicans. Trump announced on Wednesday that he was tapping Florida U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz to ...

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, Sen.

President-elect Donald Trump demanded in a social media post on Sunday that U.S. Senate Republicans looking to replace Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell agree to recess appointments, breaking ...

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

President Donald Trump gave Senate Republicans permission to begin their August recess Saturday night, shortly before Democratic and Republican leaders agreed to quickly vote on seven final civilian ...

Senators should not start planning for an August recess. They should refrain from buying airplane tickets. There should be one thing and one thing only on the docket in August — confirming judges.

What do you remember from your time in elementary school? If you’re like me, you remember recess. Back in the ‘90s, having a lot of time to play on the playground was normal. We would play before ...

Rebecca London spends a lot of time observing school play yards. While doing so, the community-engaged researcher and professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz has seen ...