If the GOP retains control, it would give them unified control of government—but if Democrats win the majority, they will be able to stall some of Trump’s legislative agenda. “We believe we can be the ...

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) was tapped by President-elect Trump to serve as attorney general. Why it matters: The highly ...

Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold ...

The new agreement raises that threshold to nine. The conservative House Freedom Caucus and governing-focused GOP Main Street ...

Johnson was also unanimously selected to remain House speaker next year in a House GOP meeting Wednesday ... such as keeping ...

Nine months later, the deal led to McCarthy's downfall after he relied on the votes of House Democrats to temporarily avert a government shutdown. It was the first time in U.S. history a House speaker ...

Republicans are giddy and preparing for at least two years with a trifecta. Democrats are reassessing their losses and ...

Donald Trump has won the public embrace of virtually every Republican currently in federal elected office. In private, ...

Rick Scott, R-Fla., seeing him as the most loyal among their options. Not only did the effort fail, but some GOP aides told NBC News it also backfired and sparked a negative reaction among senators.

Two opposing GOP factions have come together to agree on raising the threshold for the motion to vacate the chair.

House Republicans on Wednesday locked in their top leadership positions for the looming 119th Congress, as the conference ...

Trump wants to not just shake up but eliminate the federal education bureaucracy and send it back to the states. Students ...