Recess appointments are when the president appoints a federal official while the U.S. Senate is in recess. Various ...

SCHOOLCHILDREN can’t wait for recess. The US Senate goes to great lengths to avoid it. Read more at The Business Times.

This is where recess appointments come into play. They grant the president the ability to temporarily appoint officials without Senate approval, according to a Congressional Research Service (CRS ...

President-elect Donald Trump's picks for his Cabinet and other high-profile posts will be a test for the new Senate. Will it ...

Schools are not required to report their recess policies, but many parents want more information on how much outdoor time or ...

Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who are all running to become the next Senate GOP leader, say they will do whatever is necessary to allow President-elect ...

In recent years, the Senate has routinely come into brief pro-forma sessions specifically to prevent the president from making recess appointments and sidestepping the chamber’s advice and consent.

The staff clearly took this to heart as Butler Elementary was recently recognized by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce as significantly exceeding expectations and has earned the ...

President-elect Donald Trump is demanding Republican senators vying to be majority leader support recess appointments ... Marco Rubio of Florida have also come out for Scott.

WE START WITH CONGRESS RETURNING FROM RECESS TODAY. CONGRESS RETURNS TO WASHINGTON ... THAT’S IN ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES OR LESS COMING UP IN JUST A LITTLE WHILE. FIRST, LET’S GET YOU OUTSIDE.

The sun had yet to come up in Edmonton, Alberta, and it was more than 20 degrees below zero. Tanis Smith layered up anyway, ...