(AP) The Supreme Court on Monday waded into a major constitutional clash between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans that could fundamentally limit a president’s use of recess ...

A federal appeals court ruled Friday against a batch of President Barack Obama's recess appointments, ruling that they were unconstitutional and handing the GOP a legal victory in its opposition to ...

After the bold recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, President Barack Obama is prepared to flex his considerable executive muscle again. Suggested ...

Obama should feel free to make appointments at any time when the Senate is not sitting as a deliberative body. Barack Obama won a modest summer victory. A select number of his long-blocked nominees ...

President Obama has left the door open to the possibility of more recess appointments, as his spokesman refused to confirm or deny that the president intends to make other controversial appointments. ...

The U.S. Justice Department last week offered its first extended, public analysis of the controversial court ruling in Washington that invalidated President Obama's recess appointments to a federal ...

At this point in his presidency, George W. Bush had made 10 recess appointments. Over the course of his presidency, he would make almost 200. Bill Clinton made about 150. In describing recess ...

President Obama today appointed Richard Cordray as head of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Republicans have been blocking the action for months but, with Congress out of town, the Chief ...

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 Senate Republicans.