The President-elect may appoint extreme cabinet members without congressional scrutiny, writes Sen. Chris Coons.

For all the drama generated every four years by Cabinet appointments, defeat of a nominee by a vote in the Senate is ...

Trump’s intent to nominate loyalists to fill key Cabinet posts has set up a possible confrontation with the Senate.

With some of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet and other presumptive nominees facing an uncertain path to confirmation, ...

President-elect Donald Trump has said he may use temporary recess appointments to bypass the Senate confirmation process for ...

As the Trump-Vance administration shapes up and selects its Cabinet and advisers, the looming Senate confirmation process, ...

The use of recess appointments to install members of Donald Trump's Cabinet would circumvent a key Senate process, ...

With congressional Republican leadership on board and a mandate-level victory in the presidential election, recess ...

The Supreme Court could easily strike down President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks if he tries to kneecap the Senate ...

The Trump transition team’s plan to install controversial nominees in Cabinet jobs may be blocked by the conservative Supreme ...

The Trump transition team is proposing that the president-elect forgo the regular advice-and-consent process and use his ...

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