Lawmakers are back in town this week for the start of what’s called the “lame duck,” the eight-week sprint to finish up this ...

President-elect Trump is assembling his Cabinet and senior staff for his second term in the White House before taking office ...

Republican senators will gather behind closed doors Wednesday to decide who will replace longtime Senate leader Mitch ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson won the House Republican nomination Wednesday to stay on the job, on track to ...

Mitch McConnell’s right-hand man will lead the new GOP majority ... wing of the party and top MAGA voices, including ...

Republicans on Capitol Hill are laying the groundwork to push through an ambitious agenda with President-elect Donald Trump ...

The Senate Republican Conference voted 29-24 to elect GOP Whip John Thune as the new majority leader on Wednesday, marking a ...

Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Trump’s party full control of Congress - GOP now holds White House and has a ...

Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace Mitch McConnell.

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., was elected to be the next majority leader Wednesday in a closed-door meeting of Senate Republicans, replacing Mitch McConnell as he steps down from the top job after a record ...

And as Mr. Trump won the race for the White House and Republicans captured the Senate this week, L.G.B.T.Q. rights advocates said they were gripped by a new round ... out his agenda, and advocates ...