Illinois, said President Donald Trump is "installing MAGA loyalists as interim U.S. attorneys without Senate confirmation," ...

McLaughlin, however, took issue with Lee’s pushing for recess appointments. “At that point, the Senate may as well disband.” ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) faces a difficult test in rallying GOP colleagues to change the Senate’s rules to ...

The House and Senate are holding pro forma sessions to prevent Trump recess appointments as senators won't relinquish their “advice and consent” role ...

According to CSPAN's Craig Caplan, "Senate just agreed by unanimous consent at the request of Majority Leader Thune to hold pro forma sessions every 3 days following today’s session and not return for ...

Photo: Alamy President Donald Trump issued scathing remarks towards Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for ...

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The Senate is on recess after senators couldn't come to an agreement to allow President Trump's judicial nominees.

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

On Saturday, the Senate confirmed one of the more high-profile nominees on the calendar — Jeanine Pirro, Trump’s pick to serve as Washington D.C.’s top prosecutor. The onetime New York judge, ...

"Historically bad nominees deserve historic levels of scrutiny," Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer maintained.