Split-ticket voting – supporting candidates from different parties for different offices – is no longer common in U.S.

Ruben Gallego is on course to become Arizona's first Latino U.S. senator. Congress returns to work on Tuesday against the ...

The US president-elect is set to make several key appointments before returning to the White House in January.

Republican senators will cast a secret ballot on Wednesday, and whoever is elected to replace McConnell will inherit a solid ...

The three-term senator from Florida viciously criticized Donald J. Trump during the 2016 campaign but has since ingratiated ...

The Florida lawmaker wants to be Senate Majority Leader, but guns rights advocates are lobbying against him, as they dislike ...

Donald Trump is quickly building his administration for his second term. Several top jobs have been filled so far.

Republicans flipped Democratic-controlled Senate seats in West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Montana. In the latter three ...

The president-elect is starting to fill out key positions in his administration including selecting Susie Wiles as his new ...

President-elect Donald Trump reportedly plans to name North Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary, in a trio ...

Lawmakers will reconvene Tuesday after more than a month off for the election. They'll focus on addressing key legislative priorities ahead of a newly-seated Congress next year.

Tuesday marks the unofficial beginning of the 89th Texas legislative session as lawmakers begin filing some of the bills they hope reach Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk next year. Lawmakers in the Texas House ...