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Senate GOP threatens to 'grind it out' through August as Trump nominees face Democratic delays

Senate Republicans push through Trump nominees as Democrats use delaying tactics, with GOP leaders threatening to cancel August recess to confirm pending appointments.

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Senate delays August recess for now as Trump presses for more confirmations

WASHINGTON (AP) — A stalemate over the pace of confirmations has delayed the Senate’s yearly August recess, for now, as President Donald Trump declares that his nominees “should NOT BE FORCED TO WAIT” and as Democrats slow the process by forcing procedural votes on almost all of Trump’s picks.

Deseret News on MSN · 6d

Mike Lee urges Senate to cancel August recess. Here’s why

W ASHINGTON — Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is urging his Senate colleagues to cancel August recess and continue confirming President Donald Trump’s administrative and judicial nominees — or leave town completely to allow the president to appoint his chosen candidates without Senate approval.

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Senate GOP readies ‘nuclear’ option, set for August break after nominations deal falls apart

The Senate is set to finally begin its August recess without a deal on nominations as Republicans are intent on moving ...

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Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations as irate Trump tells Schumer to ‘go to hell’

The chamber is calling it quits after days of contentious bipartisan negotiations and Trump posting on social media that ...

Axios on MSN1d

"Nuclear option" lingers over Senate as members leave for August recess

Senate leaders failed to reach a bipartisan deal to speed through more of President Trump's nominees — so senators are ...

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Trump tells Chuck Schumer to ‘GO TO HELL’ over Senate nominee deal after negotiations blow up

Hours of tense negotiations to strike a deal on President Donald Trump’s nominees blew up Saturday night, and now lawmakers ...

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Senate’s August plans in limbo as GOP eyes stalled nominee breakthrough

The last time the August recess was scrapped was in 2018, when then-Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) canceled it to ...

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Senate panel advances more than $1 trillion in government funding for 2026

The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced legislation Thursday amounting to more than $1 trillion in government funding ...

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Senate makes progress in averting government shutdown much earlier than usual

The Senate took a significant step Friday towards averting a partial government shutdown in the fall by passing a tranche of government funding bills, much earlier than usual.

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