Democrats were projected to win at least 208 House seats and Republicans 215 seats as of Friday. A party needs 218 seats in order to have the majority.

John Thune, 63, defeated Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott in the secret-ballot vote to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate majority leader.

Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota will officially become majority leader when the new Senate is sworn in on Jan. 3.

Abortion-rights activists suffered their first defeats at the ballot box since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in 2022, ...

Kari Lake was always seen as unbeatable in a Republican primary but an iffy prospect in a general election in Arizona.

Republicans’ primary intervention strategy propelled them to a majority, but they failed to flip four battlegrounds that ...

A record 13 women will serve as governor next year after the election of New Hampshire Republican Kelly Ayotte, breaking the ...

Last week’s failure of Ohio’s Issue 1 redistricting proposal means that Ohio will use its current system for its next redistricting update in 2025, redrawing boundaries for Ohio’s 15 congressional ...

Thune was among the many senators of both parties who condemned the rioters and opposed Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) is facing a key decision on whom to tap to fill the term of Vice President-elect Vance as jockeying ...

A rightward shift swept America and Arizona on Election Day, and while results are still being tallied, we ponder their expected impact.

Vance, 40, was the first millennial on a major party's presidential ticket and will become the third-youngest vice president ...