WASHINGTON -- Speaker Mike Johnson is beginning the hard fight for his gavel, a weeks-long campaign that starts Wednesday ...

Lawmakers in the House and Senate are set to elect their leaders on Wednesday after Republicans scored a trifecta — winning ...

“Demanding Senate Republicans back Gaetz as attorney general and ... in outsing former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy ...

Republicans are on the brink of maintaining their House majority—and winning control of Washington for at least the next two years under a unified government—with 12 races left to be called as of ...

Like McConnell, Thune hails from the Republican Party’s traditional wing. He has held the Republican whip position since 2019 ...

His nomination was met with skepticism and surprise from some lawmakers in the Senate ... House Speaker Mike Johnson told ...

Donald Trump's new cabinet is taking shape as Republicans are projected to control the House of Representatives, having ...

La., is expected to easily win his party's nomination for speaker in a closed-door meeting Wednesday, with a final vote set for January on the House floor.

Sen. John Thune​ of South Dakota won on the second round of voting against Sen. John Cornyn​ of Texas in the race for Senate ...

Cornyn has for years signaled he wanted to succeed his close ally GOP leader Mitch McConnell. He lost in a vote decided by ...

Democrats were projected to win at least 208 House seats and Republicans 215 seats as of Friday. A party needs 218 seats in order to have the majority.

President-elect Trump took a victory lap in the nation’s capital, bouncing from meetings with House Republicans to President ...