With President-elect Trump building his Cabinet, the idea of recess appointments has been floated, but what are they and how ...

President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Senate to allow him to use recess appointments to install his picks for high-level ...

Some members of the Cabinet, like vice president and White House chief of staff, do not need Senate approval. But most of ...

UCF political science lecturer Dr. John Hanley spoke with FOX 35's Garrett Wymer about the role of the Senate in confirming presidential Cabinet nominees and the likelihood of the recess appointment ...

The president-elect has tapped a series of scandal-ridden loyalists to occupy the highest ranks of government. What now?

The silence from industry and advocacy groups in reaction to President-elect Trump’s announced intention to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be Health and Human Services secretary has been deafening, ...

To allow Trump to make the appointments, Republican senators would have to pass a motion of adjournment with a simple ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson says releasing the ethics committee report on the Florida lawmaker would set "a terrible ...