The incoming chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said conducting "vigorous oversight" of the Department of Defense and the Trump administration will be its top priority when the Democratic-led Congress is sworn in in January.
When they take control of Congress in January, Democrats plan to quickly hold votes to reverse GOP healthcare cuts, end President Trump's war in Iran and repeal his tariffs.
Former President Barack Obama got the last laugh Tuesday night, as voters delivered a devastating rebuke to President Trump and handed Democrats sweeping victories that threaten to derail the final two years of his presidency.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has officially declared his bid for the speaker's gavel after Democrats gained a large majority in the chamber in the midterm elections.
Republicans woke up Wednesday to the brutal reality of a complete wipeout in the midterms that has forced a reckoning within the party about the future -- or the end -- of President Trump's MAGA movement.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday congratulated her successor, Council member Janeese Lewis George, one day after the 38-year-old easily won an election that will make her the latest self-described socialist to take over the reins of a major American city.
This week's election wipeout saw GOP voters stay home even as Democrats and independents rushed the polls and mailed back the ballots to deliver a historic drubbing.
