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 ...

Republican Matt Regier of Kalispell, who was House speaker in 2023, will be Senate president this session. Brandon Ler, a ...

The Kentucky stalwart, 82, has been the GOP leader in the Senate since 2007. Although the men viscerally dislike one another — McConnell was booed at Trump’s 2024 convention — McConnell and Trump were ...

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Among a blizzard of announcements on Tuesday, the president-elect said he had chosen Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, two of ...

Trump would face little to no resistance in confirming his picks for Supreme Court justices in the majority-GOP Congress, but ...

his supporters are pushing to shake up the normally clubby Republican leadership rituals of the U.S. Senate. Trump backers ...

Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R), who is locked in an intense three-way race to become the next Senate majority leader, is pledging ...

What to know about Sens. John Thune, John Cornyn, and Rick Scott as they run to replace Mitch McConnell in the top GOP ...

Three Republican senators with a history as rabble-rousers are poised ... investigative subcommittee with subpoena power that ...

Republicans are getting closer to winning the House, although several races in California and Western states have yet to be ...

As of Wednesday morning, Republicans had taken back control of the Senate, beating Democrats in predictably red states like Ohio, West Virginia, and Montana while holding on to their seats in states ...