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The question of whether the president-elect would back the speaker for another term has hung over Republicans, especially after recent tensions. But the endorsement does not lock up the job [...]

The question of whether the president-elect would back the speaker for another term has hung over Republicans, especially after recent tensions. But the endorsement does not lock up the job [...]

Past efforts to shrink the federal bureaucracy, including basic things like selling off unused government buildings, have come up short. Republicans are set to try again. When the Newt Gingrich-led [...]

Past efforts to shrink the federal bureaucracy, including basic things like selling off unused government buildings, have come up short. Republicans are set to try again. When the Newt Gingrich-led [...]

With the vote, the Senate approved its 235th lifetime judge of President Biden's tenure, besting his predecessor by a single judgeship. The Senate confirmed on Friday the 235th lifetime federal [...]

La medida, aprobada poco después de la medianoche, pospuso las principales decisiones de gasto a 2025 y a los primeros meses del gobierno entrante de Donald Trump El Senado aprobó [...]

The Senate passed the measure, sending it to President Biden's desk, shortly after the midnight deadline for funding to lapse. The Senate approved a spending measure early Saturday to keep [...]

With the vote, the Senate approved its 235th lifetime judge of President Biden’s tenure, besting his predecessor by a single judgeship. The Senate confirmed on Friday the 235th lifetime federal [...]

The Senate passed the measure, sending it to President Biden’s desk, shortly after the midnight deadline for funding to lapse. The Senate approved a spending measure early Saturday to keep [...]

The Senate was preparing to vote late Friday on legislation to avert a federal government shutdown that was just hours away. Earlier Friday, House lawmakers approved the measure, which would [...]

A Republican backlash to the speaker's plan to temporarily fund the government has sparked new talk of ousting him, and highlighted the challenges he will face if he manages to [...]

A Republican backlash to the speaker’s plan to temporarily fund the government has sparked new talk of ousting him, and highlighted the challenges he will face if he manages to [...]

The president-elect weighed in against the huge spending package after Elon Musk had spent the day warning Republicans not to support it. The blowup left the compromise on life support. [...]

President Biden and House Democrats objected to the bipartisan measure that would immediately give President-elect Donald J. Trump about two dozen new judicial seats to fill. The House on Thursday [...]

The legislation would create more than 60 new federal court seats over the next decade, giving the Trump White House a first shot at filling dozens of new vacancies. White [...]

In a letter, the Democratic leader said members of his party would work with Republicans to consider the president-elect's nominees -- but asserted they should undergo traditional Senate vetting. The […]

President-elect Donald J. Trump is threatening to challenge the institution's historic role, and the Constitution, with his prospective nominees and threats to push the boundaries of executive authority. President-elect Donald [...]

In a letter, the Democratic leader said members of his party would work with Republicans to consider the president-elect’s nominees — but asserted they should undergo traditional Senate vetting. The [...]

President-elect Donald J. Trump is threatening to challenge the institution’s historic role, and the Constitution, with his prospective nominees and threats to push the boundaries of executive authority. President-elect Donald […]

The Senate majority leader is staying out of Republican turmoil over the more contentious picks for strategic reasons. Senator Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat and majority leader for a [...]

The Senate majority leader is staying out of Republican turmoil over the more contentious picks for strategic reasons. Senator Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat and majority leader for a [...]

Impuestos atrasados, consumo de marihuana y niñeras indocumentadas descalificaron a anteriores elecciones presidenciales para altos cargos. Algunos de los candidatos del presidente electo enfrentan mayores cuestionamientos. Un aspirante a la [...]

Back taxes, youthful pot smoking and undocumented nannies scuttled previous presidential choices. Some of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s candidates face bigger questions. A Supreme Court prospect bowed out after it [...]

Byline: Carl Hulse The last five presidents have all had periods where both the House and the Senate were in friendly hands - but most lasted just two years before [...]

Byline: Karoun Demirjian, Carl Hulse and Maya C. Miller The president-elect's choice of combative loyalists who could have trouble being confirmed has raised constitutional questions about executive power and the [...]

The last five presidents have all had periods where both the House and the Senate were in friendly hands -- but most lasted just two years before the backlash set [...]

The president-elect's choice of combative loyalists who could have trouble being confirmed has raised constitutional questions about executive power and the Senate's prerogatives. President-elect Donald J. Trump's bid to stock [...]

The South Dakota Republican failed in his first try for the Senate but came back to defeat a chamber leader. Now he will be the leader himself. John Randolph Thune [...]

The institutionalist South Dakotan emerged victorious over a right-wing, MAGA-backed challenge from Senator Rick Scott of Florida. Republicans on Wednesday elected Senator John Thune of South Dakota, their No. 2 [...]

Senator John Thune of South Dakota emerged victorious over a right-wing, MAGA-backed challenge from Senator Rick Scott of Florida. Republicans on Wednesday elected Senator John Thune of South Dakota, their [...]

The president-elect is to visit Capitol Hill on Wednesday as Republican senators elect a majority leader. His staffing decisions are already depleting the narrow majority the G.O.P. expects in the [...]

The president-elect is to visit Capitol Hill on Wednesday as Republican senators elect a majority leader. His staffing decisions are already depleting the narrow majority the G.O.P. expects in the [...]

The loss of the White House and the Senate majority will end Democrats' ability to fill judicial vacancies come January. They say they want to confirm as many as possible [...]

Byline: Carl Hulse With a decisive margin in the Senate, Republicans, who have shown their willingness to accommodate the president-elect, will have the numbers to overcome divisions over his personnel [...]

Byline: Carl Hulse After picking up seats in West Virginia, Ohio and Montana and winning an unexpectedly close race in Nebraska, the G.O.P. sealed a majority. Tight races in swing [...]

With a decisive margin in the Senate, Republicans, who have shown their willingness to accommodate the president-elect, will have the numbers to overcome divisions over his personnel and policies. Republicans' [...]

After picking up seats in West Virginia, Ohio and Montana and winning an unexpectedly close race in Nebraska, the G.O.P. sealed a majority. Tight races in swing states will determine [...]

Tim Sheehy, a wealthy Republican businessman, was dogged by controversies during the campaign. But Senator Jon Tester, a Democrat, could not outrun the demographic shift in his deep-red state. Tim [...]

After two years and a multibillion-dollar barrage of political attack ads, the fight for Senate control is down to a handful of races, with Republicans holding a clear edge but [...]

A G.O.P. House and Senate could advance Trump-backed legislation and nominees, but thin margins and the filibuster could pose roadblocks and cause Republicans political trouble. Former President Donald J. Trump [...]

The novice Republican candidate's honesty has come into question in a race that could decide Senate control. Tim Sheehy, the novice Republican candidate in perhaps the most important Senate race [...]

The novice Republican candidate’s honesty has come into question in a race that could decide Senate control. Tim Sheehy, the novice Republican candidate in perhaps the most important Senate race […]

Carl Hulse has covered congressional campaigns for four decades. Much has changed, but one thing remains constant: Journalists must be ready for the unexpected. The first Senate race I covered [...]

Once able to win on the prairie, the Democratic Party sees the Senate race in Montana as a final test of whether it can still be successful in heavily rural [...]

Congressional leaders deferred a debate over sending federal money to respond to Hurricane Helene until after the election, delaying a potentially messy political fight. When congressional leaders decided not to [...]

With Democrats waging an uphill battle to hold the Senate, the vice president, should she win, could end up facing a Republican firewall with veto power over her cabinet, court [...]

They hope to use the time after the election to approve judges, but Senator Durbin says their aggressive efforts have already produced a remarkable demographic shift on the federal courts. [...]

They hope to use the time after the election to approve judges, but Senator Durbin says their aggressive efforts have already produced a remarkable demographic shift on the federal courts. [...]

Both Republicans and Democrats opposed the stopgap funding bill, which was tied to new rules requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote. The House on Wednesday defeated a [...]

The House speaker faces a choice of cutting a deal with Democrats or bowing to conservatives and Donald Trump and shutting down the government just before the election. With a […]