He will now have to contend once again with a Republican majority in the Senate, however. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., presents a younger alternative to Schumer as Pelosi's successor ...

Republicans are favored to win control of the House but it could be with a slimmer margin than they currently hold.

Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, House speaker in 2017 and 2018 ... The reckoning will come in two years. Midterm elections for almost ...

As deputy House Speaker pro tem, Cook is among the highest-ranking lawmakers. With 16 years of experience in Hartford, she ...

If ever a U.S. president needed the checks and balances that the founders established, it’s law-breaking, oath-violating ...

The convincing defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris leaves the Democratic Party without a clear standard-bearer. Here are ...

Days after Republican candidate Donald Trump won the US presidential election, former House speaker Nancy Pelosi blamed Joe ...

Democrat April McClain Delaney has narrowly won a U.S. House seat in Maryland’s most competitive congressional races ...

President-elect Donald Trump has won Arizona and its 11 electoral votes, CBS News projects, giving him a sweep of all seven ...

The former speaker’s legal defense claims prosecutors are attempting to criminalize job recommendations made by public ...

GOP leadership elections in both chambers will chart a course for how Republicans will seek to work with President-elect ...

Republicans are set to net two seats in the House, improving their numbers to eight. Meanwhile, Samantha DeCorte is winning ...