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.

The at-times raucous meeting will pave the way for the House and Senate to take up the resolutions ... abortion until fetal viability in nine states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Maryland, Michigan, ...

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 Donald Trump has nominated former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to serve as the Director of National Intelligence ...

The South Dakota Republican failed in his first try for the Senate but came back to defeat a chamber leader. Now he will be ...

The U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania between Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick is headed ...

Rubio, Stefanik, Gaetz and Noem will need to resign due to a Constitutional clause and similar state laws that prevent ...

Federal prosecutors say some evidence that a judge had excluded from the bribery trial of former New Jersey Sen.

This development means that President-elect Donald Trump and the Republicans will control the House, the Senate, and the ...

It also came as Senate Republicans flipped the upper chamber ... Democrats lost three seats as Senator Jon Tester failed to ...

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 13: Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Sen. Steve ...