Senate won’t confirm, say, Matt Gaetz as attorney general? Just wait until they leave — maybe even if they don’t want to.

President-elect Donald Trump’s call for so-called “recess appointments” of Cabinet members and other officials is the first loyalty test that Senate Republicans are facing as they prepare to ...

President-elect Donald Trump said the next Senate majority leader should allow the president to make recess appointments. What are they? Photo from Ian Hutchinson, UnSplash President-elect Donald ...

This is designed to serve as a form of checks and balances on the power of the presidency. A recess appointment, however, allow presidents to install their nominee to the position while the Senate ...