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.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) are also expected to remain in their roles in the new year.

In January, Mike Johnson faces another vote to stay in the job that places him second in line for the presidency after Vice ...

U.S. Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as that chamber’s next majority leader during a ...

Rep. Mike Johnson has won the Republican nomination to remain as House speaker, on track to keep the gavel after a morning ...

Donald Trump’s win is a victory for oil and gas companies that will face fewer federal environmental regulations and a ...

Trump’s administration can swiftly start work on one major change: It can exclude transgender students from Title IX ...

The 2024 election was perhaps the biggest referendum on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ...

Republicans have secured their monopoly on power in Donald Trump’s new Washington, retaining their majority in the House of ...

In a legislative session devoted mostly to tax policy, Louisiana lawmakers are taking steps to empower themselves to set up ...

Court proceedings for President-elect Donald Trump’s guilty conviction in New York are now paused, as the prosecution ...

The time had finally come for the red and blue to face off in the biggest election of the year. It was a day — and night — that I ...