What is a recess appointment, the power Trump wants from the next GOP leader? Washington — President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of former Rep. Matt Gaetz to be attorney general is his most ...

Donald Trump has formally offered brainworm-infested, vaccine truther Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a role in his Cabinet.

Senate Republicans are warning that the controversial nominee is unlikely to sail through their GOP-controlled chamber next year without a House ethics report.

WaPo: President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to turn the Constitution’s appointment process for Cabinet officers on its head. If what I’m hearing on the conservative legal grapevine is correct, ...

Trump announced several controversial cabinet nominees, including Democrat-turned-Republican Tulsi Gabbard for director of ...

Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Thom Tillis, and Susan Collins could all emerge as key swing votes when it comes to confirming Trump's ...

As vote counting continues this week in Pennsylvania’s tight Senate race, attention is once again shifting toward the largest and most hotly contested tranche of remaining votes that could help ...

The former dark horse presidential candidate has been a contender for a cabinet position under a second Trump administration ...

For all the drama generated every four years by Cabinet appointments, defeat of a nominee by a vote in the Senate is ...

A president typically appoints about 4,000 positions across the federal government. Of those, about 1,200 appointments ...

President-elect Donald Trump has declared a strong intention to use recess appointments in his next term. What are recess ...