Lawmakers have left Washington for the annual August recess, but a few weeks of relative quiet at the U.S. Capitol can’t mask ...

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

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

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says putting the Senate into an extended recess to allow President Trump to make ...

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

As Congress begins its summer recess, concerns grow over its ability to pass a full-year budget by the end of September, with ...

A stalemate over the pace of confirmations has delayed the Senate’s yearly August recess for now as President Donald Trump declares that his nominees “should NOT BE FORCED TO WAIT.” ...

The Senate Republican leader says he will find a new way forward to speed up the confirmation process for nominees.

WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives has fled Washington for their annual August recess, but the Senate may be stuck sweltering at work. Both houses of Congress typically take a month off ...

Senate Republicans are weighing whether to heed President Trump’s call to cancel some or all of the August recess to approve key nominees or to use the full month to go home and sell the party ...