President Donald Trump's billionaire top lieutenant, Elon Musk, is the focus for thousands of Democratic activists launching ...

The chambers are at odds about the best way to approach President Trump's legislative priorities, which could set them up for ...

President Trump is threatening to use his powers to adjourn Congress so he can make recess appointments for at least some of his top Cabinet nominees and their deputies, enabling them to begin ...

“As they say, did not see that one coming,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said after emerging from a morning huddle with his fellow GOP leaders. Trump, he confirmed, gave him no heads up that his ...

Trump on Wednesday criticized the approach from the Senate Budget Committee chairman, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and sided ...

President Trump said he is open to using recess appointments to get his Cabinet appointees confirmed if delays keep emerging in the Senate. “I’d take a look at that,” Mr. Trump told ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump is threatening to use his powers to adjourn Congress so he can make recess appointments for at least some of his top Cabinet nominees and their deputies, enabling ...

Senate Republicans on Wednesday fired the opening salvo in the battle to implement President Trump’s agenda by advancing a ...

That’s despite pressure from Trump and others to embrace harder-line tactics — by allowing recess appointments, for instance, a proposal most Senate Republicans view with skepticism.

It was an “emergency” discussion sparked by the Trump administration’s move ... while the House is in recess. And lawmakers said they’re already taking that message to heart, staging ...