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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is considering a bid to become the top Republican on the Senate health committee in January, a move that would put the libertarian Kentucky lawmaker next to the upper chamber’s leading...

Democrats send roughly three times as many veteran freshmen to the 120th Congress as Republicans, even as overall veteran representation hits a low.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is positioning herself to become the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee next year, putting her in line to replace Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on the influential spending...

Kevin Warsh plans fewer scheduled Federal Reserve rate votes in 2027 and 2028, alongside less forward guidance, potentially making US monetary policy harder to anticipate.

Former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel acted as a surrogate for Mike Rogers' Senate campaign in Michigan. She joins "The Takeout" to discuss Rogers' loss in Tuesday's midterms and the massive victories picked up by Democrats.

Trump promoted Stephen Miller and backed Joe Gruters after the midterms. Five developments show what those moves leave untouched.

President Trump is set to deliver remarks Friday at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida, days after Republicans suffered sweeping losses in Tuesday’s midterm elections. His is participating in NASA’s "MAX...

President Donald Trump is sticking with Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters, despite the GOP’s crushing losses on Tuesday. “MAGA Warrior Joe Gruters, who has been with us from the very beginning, is...

Days after Republicans suffered major losses in the midterms, President Trump on Friday endorsed Joe Gruters to continue to chair the Republican National Committee.

Democrat Raymond Smith will flip North Carolina’s 3rd district, CNN’s Decision Desk projects. As the Democrats claim their 237th House seat, the White House has warned the incoming chair of the House Oversight...

Two more Republicans appear to have lost their Congressional seats in North Carolina as Reps. Greg Murphy and Virginia Foxx are behind their opponents following review of provisional ballots in the state's 100 counties.

The fight for the Sunshine State is not over. If Democrats invest in Florida the way they have in Texas, Georgia and North Carolina, there's a possibility that the state is in play in 2028.

EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) will run for a second term in the Senate in 2028, an early announcement that spares Republicans an open seat in purple North Carolina. “That’s the plan. Absolutely, I’m in,” Budd, 55,...

This month, the Senate may consider Heidi Overton’s nomination to lead the Food and Drug Administration. Before moving forward, it should demand answers about the Biden administration’s most consequential abortion...

An anti-abortion group is trying to obstruct the confirmation of a key Trump administration nominee, in order to get one of its major demands met. President Donald Trump has nominated Heidi Overton to be commissioner...

Republicans in Congress select new leadership in both chambers as Democrats grapple with who should lead their new majorities. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) joins Meet the Press NOW to weigh in on whether Sen....

What does Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate win mean for the future of the Democratic Party? His victory is energizing progressives, challenging the Democratic establishment, and raising a new question for 2028: Is this the...

Researchers say a Wikipedia account removed or softened references to controversies involving Michigan senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed before his election, though the edits do not prove political coordination.

Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed said some people wanted to make his race a “referendum on me and my name and my faith” in a speech at the Arab American Leadership and Empowerment at National CONNECT Summit in...

Asked why he devoted so much time to Michigan, Jim Clyburn compared the hostility Abdul El-Sayed faced to the struggles of civil rights icon John Lewis, citing Lewis’ beating on the Edmund Pettus Bridge and El-Sayed...

ABC News’ Trevor Ault reports from Alaska, a state that could be a deciding factor in control of the Senate.

Independent Alaska Senate candidate Daniel J. Sullivan reportedly left Petersburg days before the election, and his whereabouts remain unknown.

Justice Department seeks to isolate Alaska ballots amid criminal probe over Senate candidate NPR FBI visits Dan J. Sullivan donor in candidate's home town as Alaska Senate inquiry widens Yahoo Attorneys for Alaska...

The top federal prosecutor in Alaska confirmed on Friday the existence of a criminal investigation into an alleged scheme to confuse voters by putting a Senate candidate with the same name as a Republican incumbent...

Donald Trump’s ongoing effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is headed for a White House hearing after the Supreme Court blocked the president’s initial attempt to remove her. Lawyers for the Justice...

Trump's bid to remove Lisa Cook faces a fresh hurdle as Democrats' Senate win makes it harder to appoint her replacement to the Federal Reserve.

President Donald Trump first tried to fire Lisa Cook in August 2025, but the Supreme Court in June blocked him from doing so, for now.

As Republicans prepare to cede control of the Senate to Democrats, some conservative commentators already are expressing concerns about the health prospects of Clarence Thomas, 78, and Samuel Alito, 76.

Republicans gained from Ruth Bader Ginsburg's refusal to retire and, now, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito face a similar gamble.

Samuel Alito confirmed he has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court, but analysts warn the GOP may not control the Senate for six years.