Overview

• On July 19, Trump used Truth Social to urge Majority Leader John Thune to cancel the Senate’s monthlong August recess and other long weekends.
• He emphasized that his unfinished slate of judicial nominees is “needed badly” to fill urgent vacancies.
• The Senate, scheduled to break from Aug. 4 through Labor Day, has only confirmed one of Trump’s second-term picks this week.
• Confirmations have trailed behind his first-term pace, leaving many federal court seats open.
• His appeal follows Senate approval of his “big, beautiful bill” and a $9 billion rescission measure featuring cryptocurrency provisions.