Republicans will need all hands on deck, and an assist from Senate Democrats, to avoid a government shutdown in October.

Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen won a key fight on Thursday to keep the future headquarters of the FBI in Greenbelt.

The Belgian government may decide to sell part of state-owned bank-insurer Belfius before the summer recess begins on July 21 ...

The European Parliament resumes business on Monday, for the last session ahead of the summer recess. The session is likely to be dominated by the motion of censure of the Commission, tabled by the ...

Ruling season” is over and SCOTUS is finally in recess. After a harrowing month of decisions that have changed America as we ...

Typically, the city manager submits a proposed budget, including one for capital improvements, to the mayor in the first week ...

President Trump and GOP leaders have imposed a deadline to get the bill signed on the Fourth of July. However, even the ...

President Trump tells Senate Republicans to lock themselves in a room if necessary to work out differences and pass the ...

As Congress enters recess, the president's ability to appoint ambassadors and other positions in the government has a long history.

The whole point of the constitutional provision on recess appointments, adopted in 1787 in the era of horse and buggy, was that the Senate could not quickly be summoned to fill critical vacancies ...

Republicans are grappling with the idea that President-elect Trump could test the limits of his constitutional authority by appointing controversial picks to his Cabinet with recess appointments. O… ...

Justice Antonin Scalia, a conservative giant, said attempts to circumvent the Senate’s responsibility to vet nominees were “ignoble” and “just made up.” ...