The House swore in new members who will serve in place of former Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) and Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) on Tuesday. Erica Lee Carter, Jackson Lee’s daughter, will fill the vacancy left after she died of pancreatic cancer over the summer.  She will represent Texas's 18th District until Sylvester Turner, Houston’s former...

John Ratcliffe, who previously served as President-elect Trump's principal intelligence advisor, has now been picked by Trump to serve as director of the CIA.

Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth has been selected by President-elect Trump to serve as his secretary of defense.

President-elect Trump announced that billionaire Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the Department of Government Efficiency.

While many states focused on issues like abortion and immigration throughout this election cycle, voters in California and Colorado approved tougher crime laws.

Social media commentators claimed Jill Biden refused to look at Vice President Harris as they were seated together at Arlington Cemetery for a Veterans' Day Remembrance.

Senate Republicans on Wednesday will elect a new party leader for the first time in nearly two decades.

House Republicans on Tuesday demanded that each member of President Biden's cabinet preserve all relevant documents and communications, a move that signals future investigations into the Biden administration.

President-elect Donald Trump vowed on his first day in office to sign an executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants and kick-start the largest deportation effort in the nation's history.

Local officials are beginning to certify the results of this year's presidential election in a process that, so far, has been playing out quietly, in stark contrast to the tumultuous certification period four years ago that followed then-President Donald Trump's loss.