In an exclusive interview with The Post Wednesday, Thune said “at some point” the Senate will have to change the nominations ...

In a rare procedural move, the House and Senate briefly convened in mostly empty chambers today to prevent President Donald ...

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

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

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 ...

Senate Republicans are weighing rule changes and recess appointments to overcome a growing backlog of President Trump’s ...

Trump shared on Truth Social Saturday the accusations directed to GOP leaders of an effort to thwart his ability to make ...

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

A decision by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to schedule pro forma sessions throughout the August recess which will ...

Congress isn't likely to change course, as was made clear after Trump’s election victory during an intraparty rift over recess appointments that split the GOP.

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

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