Biden, therefore, has appointed 25% of the entire federal judiciary despite the more cumbersome and divisive confirmation ...

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

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst will not rise to a higher leadership position among her Republican colleagues following a vote Wednesday.

President-elect Donald Trump chose Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general on Wednesday, bypassing more ...

Donald Trump's new cabinet is taking shape as Republicans are projected to control the House of Representatives, having ...

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.

But Democrats didn't jeer at all of Trump's choices. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., praised Rubio's nomination. Warner, who works with Rubio on the Senate Intelligence Committee, told USA TODAY his ...

Donald Trump will begin his second term as president the same way he began his first—with Republicans controlling both the ...

Democrats who control both chambers of the Virginia legislature are hoping to make good on promises made on the campaign trail, including becoming the first Southern state to ...

wants broad latitude over US health policy but apparently may not be given a Cabinet role. On recess appointments, there are ...

The nomination of Rubio, a China hawk who's been sanctioned by Beijing, comes at a tense moment in the Indo-Pacific region.

President-elect Trump took a victory lap in the nation’s capital, bouncing from meetings with House Republicans to President ...