The U.S. Senate began its month‑long recess Saturday night amid negotiations to advance the nomination of dozens of President ...

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

Congressional Republicans aren’t ready to cede power to President Donald Trump to swiftly install nominees during recesses ...

A stalemate over the pace of confirmations has delayed the Senate’s yearly August recess for now as President Donald Trump ...

Liberal backlash against the recent GOP-backed spending bill hangs over Republican members up for reelection in swing districts.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is urging his Senate colleagues to cancel August recess and continue confirming President ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers have left Washington for the annual August recess, but a few weeks of relative quiet on the U.S.

Trump had floated recess appointments at the start of his term as a way to push through some of his more controversial ...

The massive backlog of nominees comes just ahead of the Senate's summer recess, which lasts from Aug. 4 to Sept. 1.

A constitutional fight over spending is complicating GOP unity on Capitol Hill as President Donald Trump holds back billions ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) blasted the trade deal negotiated between the United States and the European ...

Nominations and appropriations remain at the forefront of the Senate's agenda for the final scheduled workweek before August ...