After a resounding election victory, delivering what President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans call a “mandate” to govern, ...

Ironically, McConnell’s best interpersonal relationship with any president during his long political career was with Joe ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell didn’t ruin Congress. That distinction rests with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and his band of ...

Recess appointments would allow Donald Trump to appoint his nominees while the Senate is not in session, skirting the ...

President-elect Donald Trump is considering recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for some of the most ...

Republicans are going to court in Pennsylvania amid vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen.

Following the Republican Party's victory in the Senate on November 5, it has also retained a majority in the House of ...

S.D., became the next Senate majority leader after two rounds of voting, taking the reins of the party from the longest ...

John Thune, R-S.D., as the new Senate majority leader as longtime top Senate Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is ...

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell announced he would step down from his leadership post earlier this year, ending his historic ...

The outcome of the secret leadership ballot, expected after the November election, is deeply uncertain. It’s a weighty choice ...

Senate Republicans have elected Sen. John Thune (R-SD) – who has long been hostile to LGBTQ+ rights – as the next Senate ...