Trump is challenging congressional Republicans to defy him as he says he will nominate controversial figures to his Cabinet.

Plus, Sen. John Thune will be the next Senate majority leader, while President-elect Donald Trump continues to build his next ...

House Republicans will maintain their hold on the lower chamber next year, giving the GOP a political trifecta in Washington, ...

Trump announced several controversial cabinet nominees, including Democrat-turned-Republican Tulsi Gabbard for director of ...

Senate won’t confirm, say, Matt Gaetz as attorney general? Just wait until they leave — maybe even if they don’t want to.

Voters have given the once-fractured House GOP a second chance at leading by delivering Republicans another razor-thin House ...

Will he or won’t he go along with Donald Trump’s plan to jam down the Senate’s throat his controversial Cabinet and other ...

Republican Senate control means Trump will more easily be able to push through his own nominees for cabinet positions and ...

A look at the three candidates: Thune, 63, defeated then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in 2004 after arguing during the campaign that Daschle had lost his South Dakota roots during his years in ...

Moderate Sen. Susan Collins confirmed Thursday that she intends to defend her seat and vie for a sixth term in what is widely ...

Republicans have secured control of the U.S. House, completing their sweep into power and cementing their hold on the federal ...