President-elect Donald Trump has said he may use temporary recess appointments to bypass the Senate confirmation process for his more controversial Cabinet picks. It’s a fight that could land at the ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s latest gambit is likely to confront a problem that is unusual for him. The Supreme Court, dominated by usually-pliant conservatives, will balk — at least if they still ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court cast doubt Monday on President Barack Obama’s use of a provision of the Constitution to make temporary appointments to high-level positions over the objection of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans will control the White House and both houses of Congress come January. But President-elect Donald Trump's intent to nominate loyalists to fill key Cabinet posts has set ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The National Labor Relations Board said Tuesday it plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a far-reaching decision that invalidated President Barack Obama’s recess appointments to ...

As I explained yesterday, President-elect Trump’s apparent idea of installing Cabinet officials by recess appointment is awful in so many ways. I have no illusion that anyone who likes that idea is ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s latest gambit is likely to confront a problem that is unusual for him. The Supreme Court, dominated by usually-pliant conservatives, will balk — at least if they still ...