Congress begins a new session Friday with Republicans now leading both chambers. The House will need to elect a speaker ...

The children of Democrat and Republican Senators appeared to console Kamala Harris on her flop election loss as she swore ...

In past years, Democratic President Joe Biden, Trump and even a senator, Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky, have received votes for House speaker. None received the majority of the vote. And generally, ...

The Senate’s events marked one of Harris’s last constitutional duties as president of the Senate before she and President Joe Biden depart from office on Jan. 20 and Trump and Vice President-elect J.D ...

Most of the U.S. holds its major primary and general elections in even-numbered years, but there are a handful of places ...

Northern New York Assemblyman Billy Jones announced Friday that he would not seek the Democratic nomination for the potential open U.S. House seat in New York's 21st Congressional District. This ...

Most of the U.S. holds its major primary and general elections in even-numbered years, but there are a handful of places where competitive congressional, state and local-level contests will be ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson won reelection on the first ballot Friday after the Republican leader wrangled final support from ...

The seat in Los Angeles and Orange counties was left vacant when Janet Nguyen resigned to join the Orange County Board of ...

The 91-year-old was sworn in Friday as president pro temp for the 119th Congress, making him third in the presidential line ...

Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won reelection Friday to the House speakership on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP ...

Michigan's newest senator, Democrat Elissa Slotkin, is the first known former CIA officer to become a U.S. senator.