The Republican president-elect’s victory and the GOP takeover of the Senate leaves just seven weeks of Democratic control of ...

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

John Thune’s victory on a secret-ballot continued the long tradition, in both parties, of elevating small-state senators to ...

For three of the nation’s highest-ranking and most vital positions, Mr. Trump said he would appoint loyalists with no ...

The Florida representative just resigned from Congress—killing a House Ethics investigation on his alleged sexual misconduct ...

News broke he has been under scrutiny by the House Ethics Committee over allegations including sexual misconduct.

The fight to release a damning House Ethics report about allegations that Matt Gaetz—Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general ...

Sen. John Thune's victory came out of the first competitive election for Senate Republican leader in three decades.

A look at the three candidates: Thune, 63, defeated then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in 2004 after arguing during the campaign that Daschle had lost his South Dakota roots during his years in ...

Plus, a federal indictment details the nearly eight-month FBI operation that led to bribery charges against city and county ...