The numbers in the Senate also could make Trump's efforts to add conservatives to the federal judiciary easier because such appointments require Senate approval.

Democrat Kamala Harris urged unity in a concession speech at Howard University following her defeat to Republican Donald Trump. The election results prompted foreign leaders and President Joe Biden to ...

Republicans have taken the Senate majority and are fighting to keep control of the House. A unified Republican grip on Washington would set the course for President-elect Donald Trump's agenda.

Hours after Trump's victory, advocacy groups were setting their sights on the president-elect, who will take office Jan. 20.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House majority hung in the balance Wednesday, teetering between Republican control that would usher in ...

SALT LAKE CITY — In one of his first official acts in Congress after being sworn in to replace Rep. Jason Chaffetz in November 2017, Rep. John Curtis voted to approve then-President Donald Trump's Tax ...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell won't be returning to the majority leader role when the 119th Congress is seated in January, but he doesn't expect any big changes to Senate rules when ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell suggested that with the GOP winning the Senate majority in the 2024 elections, the filibuster will ...

Three contenders are jockeying to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as GOP leader: Minority Whip John Thune of South ...

Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the filibuster is secure now that Republicans have won a majority in the ...

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Wednesday stood firm on keeping the filibuster in place under a Senate GOP ...