Trump is challenging congressional Republicans to defy him as he says he will nominate controversial figures to his Cabinet.

Plus, Sen. John Thune will be the next Senate majority leader, while President-elect Donald Trump continues to build his next ...

House Republicans will maintain their hold on the lower chamber next year, giving the GOP a political trifecta in Washington, ...

Trump announced several controversial cabinet nominees, including Democrat-turned-Republican Tulsi Gabbard for director of ...

Voters have given the once-fractured House GOP a second chance at leading by delivering Republicans another razor-thin House ...

Will he or won’t he go along with Donald Trump’s plan to jam down the Senate’s throat his controversial Cabinet and other ...

Senate won’t confirm, say, Matt Gaetz as attorney general? Just wait until they leave — maybe even if they don’t want to.

Republicans in the House and Senate elected their leaders Wednesday after securing a trifecta — winning the House, Senate and ...

Republican Senate control means Trump will more easily be able to push through his own nominees for cabinet positions and ...

Republicans have won enough seats to keep control of the House of Representatives, ABC News projects, clinching a unified GOP ...

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is one of the most powerful people in Washington that folks outside D.C. have never heard of.