Trump urges Senate to cancel August recess to speed up nominee confirmations

By Gizem Nisa Demir

ISTANBUL (AA) - US President Donald Trump urged Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Saturday to cancel the Senate’s traditional August recess, asking lawmakers to expedite confirmations of his executive and judicial nominees.

“Hopefully the very talented John Thune, fresh off our many victories over the past two weeks and, indeed, 6 months, will cancel August recess (and long weekends!), in order to get my incredible nominees confirmed. We need them badly!!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The Senate is currently slated to confirm six Trump nominees on Monday and advance his candidate to lead the Drug Enforcement Agency.

The nominations include Emil Bove, a Justice Department lawyer nominated to a federal appeals court judgeship, and Jeanine Pirro, a former Fox News host, nominated for US attorney for the District of Columbia.

Bove faces opposition from Democrats following a whistleblower complaint alleging he advised the Justice Department to defy court orders on migrant deportations, a claim he denies.

Additionally, Trump’s recent nominees for the National Labor Relations Board aim to restore a quorum to the panel, which has been nonfunctional since January after Trump dismissed its Democratic member.