Lara Trump, former RNC co-chair and President-elect Trump's daughter-in-law, said Saturday she is withdrawing from consideration to replace Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate.

Although the House of Representatives rejected the 1,547-page interim spending bill, lawmakers reached an agreement Friday to avoid a government shutdown before the holidays.

The drag-out fight over government spending has highlighted how House Republicans — for all the ideological divisions between their clashing in-house factions — are governed by the underlying effort to appease an audience of one: President-elect Trump. Trump’s 11th-hour decision to jump into the funding fight — with a big push from billionaire Elon Musk...

President-elect Trump announced that Mark Burnett will serve as the special envoy to the United Kingdom in his next administration in a Saturday post on Truth Social. “With a distinguished career in television production and business, Mark brings a unique blend of diplomatic acumen and international recognition to this important role,” Trump told his followers....

Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) claimed he does not know a single Democrat concerned about tech billionaire Elon Musk’s threat to fund moderate primary challenges against sitting Democrats in deep-blue districts.  Clyburn, a veteran lawmaker, argued on Saturday that Democrats will overcome Musk by outworking their opposition.  “Look, I‘m a child of the 60s. I grew...

Congress averted a government shutdown late Friday evening as questions swirl about Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) future as leader of the House after days of disagreements over the stop gap bill on Capitol Hill. Johnson's leadership style received pushback from all corners of the GOP, which has highlighted uncertainty within the party about whether he...

President-elect Trump chose Chad Mizelle, a former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official, to be the next chief of staff at the Department of Justice (DOJ). Mizelle, an ally of the incoming White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller, will work alongside the president-elect’s choice for attorney general, Pam Bondi, Trump said...

President-elect Trump has tapped Mark Burnett, a TV producer and the creator of "The Apprentice," to serve in a diplomatic role in the United Kingdom.

Lawmakers are having their say after President Biden signed a stopgap bill into law on Saturday, extending government funding into March and avoiding a shutdown.