Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says putting the Senate into an extended recess to allow President Trump to make recess appointments to clear the backlog of his pending nominees is an ...

What do you remember from your time in elementary school? If you’re like me, you remember recess. Back in the ‘90s, having a lot of time to play on the playground was normal. We would play before ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Thursday floated allowing for recess appointments to speed up confirming a backlog of 161 administration officials tapped by President Trump.

Business in the House has come to a premature halt due to the negligent handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, but the Senate is scheduled to keep working for at least one more week. Even so, Majority ...

Two new decisions today from the nation’s highest court on cases that impact everyone from the President to grassroots activists. In one, the court curbed the President’s ability to make recess ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to issue decisions on nearly a dozen major cases before its term ends later this month. Key rulings include a challenge to the Affordable Care ...

Based on Capitol Hill, Matt Laslo has been covering campaigns and every aspect of federal policy since 2006. In addition to his reporting for Raw Story, Matt has been a contributor at WIRED, VICE News ...

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday became the third appeals court to rule that President Barack Obama’s 2012 recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board are invalid.