It’s easier to blame activists, but far more powerful forces have led Democrats to neglect the real crises facing Americans.

Republicans will have a likely 53-seat majority when they start the confirmation process in the next Congress, up one from ...

"What a whirlwind of activity. And that was just week one. Let's see what's next," said WTOP Capitol Hill Correspondent Mitchell Miller.

Mitch McConnell has already made clear he won’t be shrinking from the national spotlight as John Thune succeeds him as Senate ...

As of Nov. 15, the soon-to-be U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he does not favor recess appointments for President ...

His team of cronies includes establishment hawks and cranky outsiders who are more likely to deliver global anarchy than world peace.

For the large part the transition to another Trump White House already has triggered slack-jawed reactions to some of the ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s calls for the Senate to permit recess appointments are becoming the first test of Republican ...

Donald Trump 's MAGA fanbase raged after it was leaked that Mitch McConnell said 'there will be no recess appointments' for ...

Probably not—and Roberts, Thomas and Alito already expressed disapproval in the 2014 Noel Canning case.

Donald Trump is considering recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for some of the most powerful positions in ...