President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage to take over the world's ...

Just hours after Republican Sen. John Thune was elected as the incoming Senate majority leader, President-elect Donald Trump ...

And, while Republicans will control the White House and both chambers of Congress come January, the Senate has 53 Republicans ...

Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace Mitch McConnell.

“So far, it’s been a mixed bag,” said Arta Moeini, head of U.S. operations for the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy, a think ...

“This Republican team is united behind President Trump’s agenda ... meaning voters officially handed Trump and his party all the levers of power in Washington. But a majority that is likely to be slim ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's Republican Party will control both houses of Congress ... The ...

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Thune will need to hold together the dueling wings of the Republican Party—particularly given its narrow 53-47 majority—when differences between lawmakers or with Trump rise to the surface.

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

President-elect Trump will take office with Republicans in control of the Senate, easing confirmations for his Cabinet ...