The new Senate Republican majority is promising to leave the filibuster alone — even if it stands in the way of the Trump ...

Seattle congresswoman and Squad grandmother U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal is doing what she does best: backtracking on her ...

Republican majorities in both chambers of the U.S. Congress will give Donald Trump the power to achieve many of his goals ...

Republicans have finally completed the so-called trifecta and secured the 218 seats required for control of the U.S. House of ...

Rep. Pramila Jayapal defended her apparent flip-flop on abolishing the filibuster now that Republicans are taking over Congress.

News outlets called the last outstanding U.S. Senate race this week for Democrat Ruben Gallego of Arizona. That gives Republicans a 53-47 edge in the chamber after picking up four ...

With President-elect Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans winning control of the White House plus both chambers of Congress in the Nov. 5 election, the Democrats will have one important tool for ...

Republicans have clinched the White House and Congress, though with a House majority so slim that it might hamper parts of ...

Republicans win the House as well as the Senate, giving Donald Trump a clear path to pass legislation. But the small majority ...

Should the 60-vote filibuster rule block a Trump priority next year, he could call on Senate leaders to do away with it, as ...

Reporting from Washington, D.C. The new Senate Republican majority is promising to leave the filibuster in place, retaining ...

South Dakota Senator John Thune, a longtime deputy of Mitch McConnell and an advocate of free trade, won election to lead the ...