Politics

The success of President-Elect Donald Trump’s legislative agenda will depend on whether Republicans can close ranks in Congress. They nearly failed on their very first vote. Mike Johnson won reelection...

President-elect Trump appears to have helped Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., avoid a messy, drawn-out fight to lead the House of Representatives. Trump spoke by phone with both Reps. Ralph Norman,...

Rep. Mike Johnson will not be reelected as House Speaker in the first ballot after two Republican counterparts refrained from supporting him. South Carolina’s Ralph Norman joined Thomas Massie in...

Three newly elected lawmakers representing the LGBTQ community will make history Friday when they are sworn in to the 119th Congress, marking several firsts in the House of Representatives. Sarah...

Donald Trump wasted little time this week trying to use the deadly New Year’s attack in New Orleans as an opportunity to push his hardline border policies—even though the suspected...

The 119th Congress convenes on Friday amid a huge shift of power in Washington as Republicans take control of both chambers of Congress ahead of President-elect Donald Trump being sworn...

LONDON — He’s a billionaire firebrand at the forefront of green tech, owns a powerful political media platform — and has the ear of the incoming president of the United States. ...

As the new Congress prepares to convene, the political landscape in the House of Representatives remains fraught with tension, particularly surrounding the bid of Mike Johnson (R-La.) to retain his...

On his way out the door, then-North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 individuals on the Tarheel State’s death row. Cooper, a Democrat whose name has been...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury on Friday sanctioned a Beijing-based cybersecurity company for its alleged role in multiple hacking incidents targeting critical U.S. infrastructure. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets...