President-elect Donald Trump has called on the next Senate majority leader to allow recess appointments — a centuries-old practice that permits the president to temporarily bypass Congress.

After two years of pushing for change, a group of Clarksville-Montgomery County School System moms have seen their efforts produce results: Elementary school students will now have 40 minutes of ...

Advocates are hoping children get to play as hard as they work. New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) wants a bill passed ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — President Biden vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal district judgeships, saying “hurried action” by the House left important questions unanswered about the life ...

Before Senate Republicans elected their leaders for the upcoming 119th Congress, Trump demanded that the candidates agree to recess appointments, which would give him the option of bypassing the ...

Recess appointments are when the president appoints a federal official while the U.S. Senate is in recess. Various presidential appointments must be approved by the Senate and go through a hearing ...

President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday said Senate Republicans’ next leader must embrace so-called “recess appointments,” temporary appointments when the chamber is out of session that occur ...

Today, Trump tweeted: Any Republican Senator seeking the coveted LEADERSHIP position in the United States Senate must agree to Recess Appointments (in the Senate!), without which we will not be ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WCYB) — A bill headed to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's desk would increase the required amount of recess in elementary schools. It’s getting generally positive reviews ...

GRAINGER COUNTY, Tenn. — Parents in Grainger County are concerned their elementary school is breaking state law centering on recess and physical activity. The law requires students to have at ...

President-elect Donald Trump said the next Senate majority leader should allow the president to make recess appointments. What are they? Photo from Ian Hutchinson, UnSplash President-elect Donald ...